Shiri Krebs, a legal fellow advising Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that "the question is, what can this human do" if involved in a lethal strike recommended by artificial intelligence.
The new cloud deal "will enhance Defence’s resilience, improve the ADF’s warfighting capacity, (and) strengthen interoperability with key international partners," Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
The planned purchase of Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) will be cut from 450 to 129, a blow to competitors Hanwha and Rheinmetall.
"Basically we have a five-and-a-half billion dollar budget provision, including about $3 billion spent to date, and potential costs within that envelope. So taxpayers will be up for five-and-a-half billion dollars and submarines that don't exist?" asked Sen. Penny Wong.
"We’ve seen Russian soldiers — short of weapons and morale — refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft," said Sir Jeremy Fleming.
“REDSPICE ensures Australia keeps pace with the rapid growth of cyber capabilities of potential adversaries. It provides new intelligence capabilities, new cyber defences to protect our most critical systems, and is a real increase in the potency of ASD’s ability to strike back in cyberspace,” the Australian prime minister said in a statement.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.