Eric Schmidt considers the US to be lagging behind its competitors in the field of military artificial intelligence

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, who has recently made controversial comments about competition in the field of artificial intelligence, has announced in his latest statement that the US military is lagging behind its competitors in the use of artificial intelligence and needs a fundamental overhaul.

According to Business Insider, this former director of the technology world had previously said in a strange comment that the reason for Google’s lag in the artificial intelligence competition is the remote work of employees, but he later retracted his opinion. He also considered Nvidia the winner of the artificial intelligence competition. But Schmidt’s latest comment refers to the use of artificial intelligence in wars. According to him, artificial intelligence technology is changing wars and the US military needs a fundamental review of its policies.

Artificial intelligence can have a huge impact on the future of the battlefield

An article published jointly by Eric Schmidt and Mark Alexander Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, for the journal Foreign Affairs examines the future of wars in the world.

In a part of this article, it is said that Ukrainian soldiers are destroying tanks and planes using artificial intelligence. Also, in Myanmar and Sudan, the government and rebels use algorithms for war.

Eric Schmidt and General Milley believe that in future wars, the country that can have autonomous weapons systems and powerful algorithms will win, not the country that can bring more soldiers or jets, ships and tanks to the battlefield.

In another part of this article, it is pointed out that the US military does not accompany the high speed of this technology. According to Eric Schmidt and General Milley, the country’s military has yet to embrace artificial intelligence, and the Pentagon doesn’t seem to be moving fast enough to make the change. In the end, these two people have pointed out that the US Army needs a fundamental revision in this regard.

Eric Schmidt is currently part of an active drone startup called White Stork. The company focuses on building artificial intelligence-based drones to identify targets and reduce human costs in warfare.