AI cannot provide a moral buffer in war decisions’: Deputy Army Chief Lt Gen Vipul Shinghal

NEW DELHI: Army commanders will increasingly need to become “technocrats” capable of understanding algorithms and questioning machine-generated outputs as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in battlefield systems, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) Lt Gen Vipul Shinghal said Wednesday.

“More and more commanders have to start becoming technocrats and understand what is happening inside, what data is being used, and how it is being manipulated to arrive at a decision,” he said while speaking on trust gaps in AI systems at the Synergia Conclave in the national capital.