Interdependência Securitária: o Caso da Proliferação e Controlo de Armamentos no Domínio da Inteligência Artificial

Abstract

This article examines the more obscure dimensions of the use of Artificial Intelligence systems in Defense, with a particular focus on lethal autonomous weapon systems. Based on the need to regulate these disruptive technologies in military applications, this paper defends the preventive prohibition of these armaments and makes proposals for a global regulation of the use of Artificial Intelligence in military strategy. The article argues that autonomous systems aggravate the difficulties in managing the instruments of armed violence, which may undermine the foundations of strategy. It also defends the need to promote a global arms control architecture, taking into account that today it is already possible to use Artificial Intelligence applications in all military operational domains and that these are increasingly interrelated.