Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    World
    Home / World / Asia-Pacific

    Japan to beef up deploying AI technology in military defense

    By Cai Hong | China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-12 09:52
    Share
    Share - WeChat

    The Japanese government will launch the process of selecting a drone in fiscal 2019, which starts on April 1. The country plans to include three maritime surveillance drones in the procurement program for fiscal years 2019 to 2023 and 20 more drones after that.

    This is part of the country's efforts to add artificial intelligence and drones to its defense capabilities, according to Japanese media.

    Japan is joining other global powers in competition for developing and deploying AI in military contexts. Tokyo has released an AI technology strategy with a three-phase plan to achieve a true AI ecosystem. Building on successes in robotics, the Japanese government envisions joining AI with other advanced technologies, such as the internet of things, autonomous vehicles and the blending of cyberspace and physical space.

    In fiscal 2021, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force will deploy the US-made Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle and establish a special unit to handle the drones.

    An underwater drone will be developed for the Maritime SDF to gather information.

    Japan's new defense guidelines, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet approved in December, envisage the establishment of space and cyberdefense units, while the application of AI will be expanded.

    Japan wants to use advanced technologies, such as AI, in part to compensate for its low birthrate and population decline.

    The country will also set up an unmanned aircraft department to enable permanent control of its air space and information gathering in "remote regions".

    Other countries and organizations, including the United States, Russia, China, Australia, Canada, Denmark, the European Union Commission, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Nordic-Baltic region, Poland, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, have some sort of AI strategy.

    To the degree that AI includes more players, it increases the "risk that countries may put aside the safety and reliability concerns" that experts have expressed given AI's capacity for social and political disruption, according to a study released by the Washington-based think tank Center for a New American Security last year.

    'Enormous benefits'

    In November at the Web Summit, Europe's biggest tech conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised the "enormous benefits" of new technology. He also warned that it would be "morally repugnant" if the world fails to ban autonomous machines capable of killing people without human involvement.

    US politicians have played up the "threat" of AI weapons from China and Russia. They have criticized the US Congress and the Trump administration for not paying sufficient attention to AI. The US government's investment in AI, in their words, has been essentially flat.

    A report published by the Subcommittee on Information Technology of the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform expressed concerns about the prospect of Russia or China overtaking the US in AI. "AI is likely to have a significant impact in cybersecurity, and American competitiveness in AI will be critical to ensuring the United States does not lose any decisive cybersecurity advantage to other nation states," the report said.

    The Congressional Research Service, the in-house independent think tank of the US Congress, released a report in November detailing the future of military uses of robotics and artificial intelligence. According to the report, Russia and China are "aggressively pursuing" advanced robotic and AI weapons systems "that could be used against US forces". Meanwhile, the US military is looking to introduce robotic tanks and autonomous cargo vehicles. It is also looking into something called the Fully Autonomous First Wave Concept, which would involve "robotic and autonomous aerial, amphibious and ground platforms ...employed as the first wave of an amphibious assault," the CRS report said.

    But a 2018 white paper on the state of AI in China, released by Chinese organizations including the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, found that the US is a hotbed of AI talent. The US has more than 13,000 top AI researchers, compared with only 5,000 in China.

     

    Most Viewed in 24 Hours
    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    亚洲国产无套无码av电影| 中文有码vs无码人妻| 99久久超碰中文字幕伊人| 免费A级毛片av无码| 免费无码又爽又刺激高潮软件| 午夜成人无码福利免费视频| 一本色道无码道DVD在线观看| 日韩久久久久久中文人妻| 97无码免费人妻超级碰碰夜夜| 一区二区三区在线观看中文字幕| 亚洲国产精品无码久久青草 | 一本色道无码不卡在线观看| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕久久| 国产日产欧洲无码视频无遮挡 | 久久久久亚洲Av无码专| 无码人妻精品中文字幕免费东京热 | 最新中文字幕av无码专区| heyzo高无码国产精品| 无码中文字幕乱在线观看| 蜜桃无码AV一区二区| 亚洲中文字幕伊人久久无码| 最近中文字幕mv免费高清在线| 亚洲AV区无码字幕中文色 | 日本中文字幕中出在线| 亚洲国产精彩中文乱码AV| 久久久人妻精品无码一区| 国产亚洲?V无码?V男人的天堂| 国产精品无码专区| 成年免费a级毛片免费看无码| 免费无码VA一区二区三区| 免费无码成人AV在线播放不卡| 久久久久久国产精品无码超碰 | 国产成人AV一区二区三区无码| 色综合AV综合无码综合网站| 日韩免费无码一区二区三区| 色爱无码AV综合区| 69ZXX少妇内射无码| 日韩视频无码日韩视频又2021| 亚洲?V无码成人精品区日韩| 中文 在线 日韩 亚洲 欧美| 亚洲AV无码乱码在线观看牲色|