Reading up on military-technology

As robotic warfare shifts military power from citizens to private firms, states become dependent on corporate partners, eroding the traditional social contract that ties sovereignty to popular consent.

Ukraine deploys AI-powered interceptor drones trained on wartime data to autonomously track and destroy Russian Shahed drones, while keeping humans in the loop for kill decisions.

The author argues that if advanced AI is a strategic technology comparable to nuclear weapons, its military use must be controlled by national governments, not private corporations like Anthropic.