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Jordan Richard Schoenherr, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Concordia University

Technologies like artificial intelligence are changing our understanding of war

Technology is changing how wars are fought, but not the reasons for them. (Shutterstock)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely regarded as a disruptive technology because it has the potential to fundamentally alter social relationships. AI has affected how people understand the world, the jobs available in the workforce and judgments of who merits employment or threatens society.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in warfare, which is defined by social and technological processes. Technologies such as autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and cyberweapons have the potential to change conflicts and combat forever.

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