New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- From muscle-powered combat in ancient battlefields to nuclear deterrence in the 20th century, every technological leap has reshaped the character of war. Today, that trajectory has entered a new and uncertain phase: Artificial Intelligence-assisted warfare.
When Alan Turing posed the question in 1950, "Can machines think?" he could scarcely have anticipated the military implications of that inquiry. Seven decades later, AI systems are no longer theoretical constructs; they are operational tools influencing conflicts across land, sea, air, space, cyberspace and the information domain.
Autonomous drones in Ukraine, algorithm-driven targeting in Gaza, AI-enabled military decision systems in the United States, and deepfa...