The next generation of AI warfare is herehow we handle it is crucial to our own survival

President Trump’s historic dismantling of the Iranian regime is unfolding at blinding speed, showcasing the next generation of AI warfare.Far from replacing human judgment, the US military’s use of AI in Iran has focused in large measure on solving one of war’s oldest and most vexing problems: processing vast troves of intelligence.

AI is helping commanders sharpen target selection, sift intercepted communications, conduct battle-damage assessments and shorten the time needed to identify and eliminate terrorist targets, all while reducing collateral damage.In the exclusive excerpt below from the new book “Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI” (HarperCollins), author Wynton Hall reveals how AI warfare and autonomous weapons are strengthening America’s ability to achieve peace through strength in ways that are reshaping warfare in the AI era.In March 2020, on a Libyan battlefield, civilization may have crossed an ominous threshold.Turkish-made autonomous drones reportedly “hunted down and ​.

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​engaged” retreating forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar with no human guidance.According to a UN-commissioned report, those lethal autonomous weapons were “programmed to attack targets without requiring data connectivity between the operator and the munition: in effect, a true ‘fire, forget and find’ capability.” That was no theoretical scenario devised by military analysts or ethicists.

Nor was it a scene from a Hollywood sci-fi thriller about rogue killer robots.It was a real occurrence, one in which machines selected and engaged human targets independently.The weapon in question was not some shoddy hobby drone with a duct-taped camera; it was the Kargu-2, a quadcopter loitering munition manufactured by the Turkish defense firm STM.

Kargu-2 supports multiple warhead configurations, offering precision strikes via autonomous navigation and flight control.It also features an automatic target recognition system...