{"id":1980563,"date":"2023-07-23T01:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T05:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-general-says-judeo-christian-roots-will-help-the-u-s-militarys-ethical-use-of-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T01:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T05:31:16","slug":"air-force-general-says-judeo-christian-roots-will-help-the-u-s-militarys-ethical-use-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-general-says-judeo-christian-roots-will-help-the-u-s-militarys-ethical-use-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force general: &#8216;Judeo-Christian&#8217; roots aid ethical AI use"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fair-force-general-says-judeo-christian-roots-will-help-the-u-s-militarys-ethical-use-of-ai%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Air Force General Sparks Controversy with Remarks on AI \u200dand \u2063Ethics<\/h2>\n<p>An Air Force general has ignited a firestorm of \u200bcriticism after suggesting that the United States military can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-general-says-judeo-christian-roots-will-help-the-u-s-militarys-ethical-use-of-ai\/\" title=\"Air Force general: 'Judeo-Christian' roots aid ethical AI use\">ethically utilize artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) more \u200deffectively than\u200b other nations due to its &#8220;Judeo-Christian&#8221; values.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. General Richard\u2062 G. Moore, a three-star general\u2062 and the Air Force&#8217;s deputy \u2064chief of staff for plans and programs, made the comment during a panel discussion \u200con autonomous warfare\u200b at the Hudson\u2062 Institute. The event, titled &#8220;Sharpening the Air Force&#8217;s Cyber and Spectrum Edge,&#8221; took place\u200b on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless\u200b of what your beliefs are, our society is a Judeo-Christian\u200b society, and we have a moral \u200bcompass. Not everybody does,&#8221; Moore stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moore emphasized that \u2063the Department of Defense has recently shown a heightened interest in\u200d using AI ethically to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gives-national-security-grants-to-think-tank-backed-by-ccp-front-group\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Gives National Security Grants to Think Tank Backed by CCP Front Group\">enhance national security<\/a>. He also expressed concern about nations that may prioritize their objectives over \u2063ethical considerations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The future of using AI\u200c in war\u2063 depends on who adheres to the rules of \u200dwarfare and who \u200bdoes not. There are societies that have a very different foundation than ours,&#8221; Moore added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Moore did not explicitly name any specific nation, the event description from the Hudson Institute mentioned China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as potential adversaries in\u200c information warfare.<\/p>\n<p>One expert responded to Moore&#8217;s remarks by \u200dhighlighting the importance\u2063 of ethics in AI development, regardless of religious \u2062perspectives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s\u200d a lot of work\u2063 in \u2062the \u2063ethics\u2062 space\u200d that&#8217;s not tied to any religious perspective, that focuses on the importance of valuing human welfare,\u2064 human autonomy, and having just and fair social systems,&#8221; said Alex London, a professor of \u200dethics and\u2063 computational technologies at Carnegie Mellon University.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Defense policy allows service members\u2063 to observe their religious beliefs or choose not to follow any religion, as long as it does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-speaks-with-austin-ahead-of-senate-briefing-on-pentagon-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"Tuberville talks to Austin before Senate briefing on Pentagon abortion policy.\">impact military \u2063readiness<\/a>, unit cohesion, order and discipline, or health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the backlash, Moore clarified his remarks, stating, &#8220;The foundation of my comments was \u2062to explain \u200cthat the Air Force will not allow\u2064 AI to take actions or make decisions unless they align with our values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the debate over \u200dAI \u200dethics continues, it remains to be seen how different nations will\u200d navigate the ethical challenges posed by\u2064 this rapidly advancing technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Air Force general faced criticism for claiming that the US military can ethically employ artificial intelligence better than other countries, based on &#8220;Judeo-Christian&#8221; principles. 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Moore made this statement when asked about the Pentagon&#8217;s stance on autonomous warfare at a Hudson Institute event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}