AI in the military: Gen. Milley on the future of warfare

Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told 60 Minutes that AI and robotics will rapidly change the character of war-and warns the U.S. must be prepared.
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[@arthurjeremypearson]

Couple years ago when China hosted the olympics, they had this big display of a bunch of drones making pretty patterns in the sky, and I was thinking to myself how terrifying a military display that was.

[@DarkPesco]

Now you see the same displays every New Year and 4th of July all across the United States! And those numbers will be doubling every 2-3 years!

[@mr.t993]

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” ~ Abraham Maslow

[@Shortly8908]

Imagine those small drones as suicide bombers that can track their specific assigned targets. Terrifying.

[@youwontwin5354]

​@@Shortly8908Dont know why, but that reminds me off the hunger games 😂😂

[@mav3818]

Humanity is blindly walking into a danger of which has never experienced before

[@trollingwiththefacts1996]

Oh, I think the biden's and demoncrats are using the german tactics of 1930s...

[@uberhaxonova]

not blindly, Jewish bankers and the worlds 3000 or so billionaires will control the economy and be very precise on how things play out for commoners.

[@lilrevolt4548]

Like it always has humanity is like a single organism of flesh that seeks to perfect itself even if it means the mass killings of millions

[@guydreamr]

Straightforward answers that are clear and concise. What a breath of fresh air. Wonderful man.

[@jamesbryson575]

What a crock.

[@guydreamr]

@@jamesbryson575 What not a crock.

[@grahamfloyd3451]

@@jamesbryson575 can you cite something you object to in this interview?

[@jamesbryson575]

Fawning pretense about a political-TOOL that destroyed the credibility of the CJCS.@@grahamfloyd3451

[@trollingwiththefacts1996]

You can tell YOU never served.

[@ecommercewithjay8857]

Smart guy. The U.S. military must be moving with the tide/time and I'm glad he brought up the Germans creation of blitzkrieg during WW2 because it was game changing military tactic/strategy.

[@user-mj9lq9vp3w]

We're either gonna be completely enslaved or made extinct by this

[@NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz]

Why nobody shows the pictures of overloaded ships with refugees coming to New York at the time of Ww2 ?

[@lullubelljingles9567]

​@@NPCONSULTING247-jy3pzbecause they came legally

[@trollingwiththefacts1996]

Yea, he's not smart. The Afghanistan disaster was his FAULT! And now we see Hamas using m4s?!! But nice bot comment anyway. Keep up the good work.

[@Unit232-rk2qq]

​@@trollingwiththefacts1996if an american buys himself a new m4, why not to sell the old one to some honest buyer? Will you call your general at that case?

[@JaydenX]

AI is the biggest thing we have ever known. I am continually mind blown at the capabilities of what it can do.

[@JohnDoe-rp8xn]

my god 60 minutes is motherfuckin pullin thru on the interviews i am so proud of you guys lately thank you take care

[@WalterWhite-sm2dr]

Lol

[@aaronjennings8385]

Yup. Gen x here.

[@JohnBosco.1308]

But we cannot depend on countries like China or Russia to be conscientous as we are.

[@sr4087]

😂😂😂

[@Mercan1556]

😂😂😂

[@wankertosseroath]

true, because the war on terror was conscientious

[@ccooperev]

There's been no end of dystopian warning in literature (and movies and TV) that warn against trusting AI with Strategic weaponry. For example, Collosus -The Forbin Project was an early warning (1960's) of autonomous computers given control over the Nuclear arsenal.

[@botvenikmikail-qv6od]

Once ai is accessed by the military as a weapon in itself, the outcome could be uncontrollable at the same time unpredictable...ai learns and makes optimal decisions to whose benefit or destruction.

[@joestratton3981]

That's just what we need! A computer that makes critical decisions for us!

[@mrtee3477]

Better than Miley making decision.

[@Ukrainian__Patriot]

@@mrtee3477 Hi, Igor. Does your rear hurt? It should.

[@Ukrainian__Patriot]

That's why we need to lead in the field. To understand and prevent problems, Igor.

[@davehaggerty3405]

@@mrtee3477Do you mean Miley Cyrus? Hanna Montana?

[@pedalingprospector2007]

@@davehaggerty3405 He's just one of tRump's "poorly educated". Don't bother.

[@user-yp9nz6bs9q]

"it's huge" When interviewed by CBS News you can go as vague as you want.

[@roberts2642]

No matter what political party you affiliate with, the biggest goals our politicians should be focusing on are AI, quantum computing, and fusion energy. (Each one leading to the other) The country that is at the forefront of these technologies will lead the future.

[@jessekendall4658]

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) and quantum computing appear to be the next inevitable steps in technological evolution.

[@laynestaley4957]

We would've had advanced fusion technology twenty years ago if free and unlimited energy wasn't so inconvenient for certain lobbyists..

[@TheDifferenced]

​​@@laynestaley4957 no worries my friend. These so called politicians will be replaced soon, in the future of course. For now, let's hope the AGI presence could (or would) be fastracking its progress, so that we humans could prosper 🙏

[@jimj2683]

Reversing biological aging should also be a priority. What is the point in having all this cool tech if we anyway are going to die?

[@TheDifferenced]

@@jimj2683 your statement is very true my friend. If I may add, what I am currently looking for or looking forward to right now is the Neuralink feature where our subconscious could be transferred into a different host. Downside is, that "host" could/possibly die by losing its subconscious and replacing it with yours. On the bright side, all memories are retained. Though another downside, we could possibly lose the coin-toss analogy and then that "host" would end up be a double of yourself. The future is indeed bright 🙏

[@salinascgs]

What watch was he wearing?

[@winewoman224]

Gee, what ever could go wrong with this…🤯🤦‍♀️

[@mav3818]

I keep looking through the comments, and all I see is a bunch of people praising this movement. You see, just as I, a whole different level of danger that humanity is blindly walking into.

[@winewoman224]

@@mav3818 it takes real guts to see the big picture. Most people are too afraid to raise their heads above their shoulders to get perspective on reality.

[@5133937]

@1:20: OODA = Observe, Orient, _Decide_ , Act. Although to a high-level general, “Direct” may be equally as appropriate as “Decide”.

[@PugloveThe]

I believe the Constellation in Baltimore harbor is the oldest naval vessel still afloat

[@janerkenbrack3373]

The Constellation in Baltimore was built in the 1850s. It replaced one built in 1797, which no longer exists. But even if it were the same, it is a museum ship, and no longer an active naval vessel. Which, by the way, the USS Constitution is. It remains a commissioned naval vessel with active duty military in charge of the ship. This detail makes it easy to validate the claim of oldest military vessel afloat.

[@user-xn8hc8nc1z]

This is correct. The HMS victory is the oldest commissioned vessel, and as such has a captain and crew, but she's not afloat, so the USS Constitution takes that particular glory. And a fine vessel she is too.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@user-xn8hc8nc1z Thanks. I was not aware the HMS Victory has a captain and crew. Scuba gear?

[@user-xn8hc8nc1z]

@@janerkenbrack3373 I couldn't find how many crew are now assigned to her, but she does have a commander (easy to google) and so must have a crew, even if it's a few old sailors running a museum...!

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

I see news articles about AI being downplayed from various people but then whenever it's people in the military, there is more concerns being voiced. And we all know, whatever civilians have access to, the military had it first and it now considered obsolete by their standards. So, yeah I bet there is some seriousls powerful tech equipment being used in the military that they have to keep top secret because the level of power they weild might be too worrying for the general public to be made privy to.

[@douglasjrhodes]

Seems as though Hollywood’s prophecy of the “Terminator” movies with the age of the AI machines may become a reality. I wonder what Arnold would say about this 😮

[@johnd.5601]

I use AI, and it's a game changer. It helps break down decision making. I even use it to test my understanding of any given situation. I also can test a strategy and how to implement it.

[@MrMountain707]

You clearly haven't watched the Matrix

[@elkarlos814]

Who needs to rely on their own intelligence, right? Fail.

[@animo9050]

You use something that uses statistics to find what word is most likely to be used next.

[@johnd.5601]

@animo9050 No, that is not what I use it for. In the simplest terms, it's a calculator. It can do calculations using complex formulas. I don't have to find the formulas and enter everything. I can just use words and make adjustments and back tests easily.

[@johnd.5601]

@elkarlos814 You must be one of those geniuses who knows all the Greeks and formulas. I'm not that smart. I still have to use books and stuff...lol

[@jockogle5250]

When we turn our strategic decisions over to AI is when things could get interesting. It's probably already happening on some level.

[@christophernieto4648]

A.I is no where near smart enough to make its own decisions. It only copy and past things we've already done right now. All A.I right now is basically a copy and past machine

[@phoenixr6811]

It’s already being used its just a matter of how it will be used in warfare and it will it used ethical 🤔

[@AaronEbrahim]

Exactly.

[@bigt9374]

It's already being used in the military and warfare . The military are at least a decade a head technologically

[@jk41shadow]

Well its going to be used for good and bad since the private military complex already has the technology aswell and probably more advance due to their budget of money. So its going to be a fight between AI's of the elites private sector fighting with our Govt and on top of that other countries fighting with our Gov't aswell. Each one having their own AI's technology controlled somewhat to some capacity. Spying and AI's, its going to be crazy but, is due to happen. Its inevitable, cant stop technology from progressing. If you dont move with the times your going to get left behind. Its going to be part of daily life.

[@MaximusGviper-ch5db]

Its important to stand in peace

[@xsir_hcx3897]

“Our military is going to have to change if we are going to continue to be superior to every other military in earth, and it’s through that degree of strength, that military strength, and the willingness to use it, that I think you maintain that international order, and you maintain the peace.” - Gen. Milley There will be another war, it sounds like.

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

The next world war will probably be cyber war and AI war. More than likely a war on finances, bankrupting companies that can have a massive chain reaction on everyone else.

[@What_shall_happen]

Tell me if I've made any inaccuracies in my information gleaning: The US plans to manufacture autonomous drones as the latest and greatest (nonclassified) weapons moving forward. Some of the possible oopsies that could result would include other countries jumping on the autonomous weapon train and choosing to give the machines a looser leash than would be advisable.

[@What_shall_happen]

www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3518827/hicks-discusses-replicator-initiative/ www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3517213/deputy-secretary-of-defense-kathleen-hicks-remarks-unpacking-the-replicator-ini/

[@davehaggerty3405]

The Reaper is semi-autonomous or fully autonomous.

[@What_shall_happen]

@@davehaggerty3405 We've had polished autonomous drones, but the drones produced with product replicator will be cheap and innumerable.

[@IHWKR]

​@@davehaggerty3405still can't function without human intervention because it's not sentient. Key word being sentient. AI has the power to do that and will exploit just like we've exploited the resources of this planet.

[@MahkyVmedia1]

That was terrifying

[@noacktexas]

Great interview

[@flowertowerrr]

So this is how terminator 1 starts

[@RikodiusRex]

Me and milli vanillie (my puppers) love you! ❤

[@josephprice4095]

Not since Colin Powell (pre-U.N. speech) have we had a more honorable man in the office of JCoS

[@angelf3365]

He is such a good man that legacy enlistments are at an all time low .

[@josephprice4095]

@@angelf3365 Thats not on him. That's the GOPs war on the military.

[@neilrudnik5023]

This guy appears to be good, It was later proven that Powel was lying about the existence of prohibited weapons in Iraq.

[@angelf3365]

@@josephprice4095 I’m sure you have a lot of insight with the military . Next you will tell me that Transgenders are vital to National security

[@joestratton3981]

Ask any Targeted Individual about what AI can do to your mind....

[@allHeueldingse]

Theres no reduced liability for reduced human involvement, also using hacks is punishable and theres no indemnity on agreements under duress or with non authorities

[@tylerbenrich]

This sounds like how terminator got started.

[@withoutdad7616]

Agree.

[@MaximusGviper-ch5db]

Mr.Mendoza to you

[@robertsullivan8045]

MILSPEC AI will be triple redundant, which means 3 separate AI systems will decide what action to perform ? ....this is how it will work.

[@pepefemia7668]

I respect those stars why you left Bagram

[@poboyfloyd]

it wasn't his call

[@EricPham-gr8pg]

Memory of human can be manipulated is scary and so big program can yield useless when time come and no key or no access because even computer networking failed because timer attack will fragmented network into dysfunctional network except the token ring model from IBM protocol may survive asynchronous networking

[@bradkennedy8350]

It sounds like skynet from The Terminator

[@9ZERO6]

It is. It is not even funny how close it is to being true.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Future of warfare: on a chessboard.

[@arielmalsireal5453]

A.I. Be Like: *[Rogue Mode Activate]*

[@sashetasev505]

3:15 “Right now, all our decision-making has a human in the loop, FOR BETTER OR WORSE” is an unflattering admission. Things could change quickly…

[@thefreshest2379]

There should always be a human making certain police/military decisions

[@9ZERO6]

Silly human.

[@followtheleader61]

​@@9ZERO6Trix are for kids

[@thomasbradley2225]

Milley is a man imprisoned within conscience for Kabul.

[@belowme8893]

Hopefully that will cost too much to justify leaving behind for the enemy.

[@user-bt4pl7eh7h]

Parabéns general, você é guerreiro Deus é contigo,te admiro muito 💪💪💪💯🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇧🇷🔥🔥

[@Jose-wd6kn]

BRASIL PENTACAMPEAÕ 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sunraylight8]

❤ love this general... i know his connection... to UKRAINE AND INTEL ARMY.... DEEPER... LOVE HOW MORALS COME TO HIM

[@govinda102000]

I'ts like investing. The quickest one to make the right decision wins.

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

If he thinks 15 years that isnt too bad

[@ABQ_Anarchists]

I have literally been binge watching Terminator movies all week wtf i don't have a good felling about this rn

[@dennis771]

If they are talking about it now then it was probably in development 5-10 years ago

[@Telencephelon]

He gets it

[@vernonbowman9120]

HE ALL WAY TELL THE TRUE I LOVE HIM

[@thecosmos003]

Peace.

[@sanyu2972]

Good morning i am san yu .may god blessing you .at that moment better neverbthinking too late because very fast for everything .have a nice day

[@jeffs4483]

Lock him up.

[@BigFootStepping]

Funny how not one person involved in the entire making of this video even have a idea what artificial intelligence is sad we have incompetent people in powerful positions.

[@garyspence2128]

So we can look forward to you taking command, Mr. Big Foot?? Really...are things that desperate?

[@gibsonlp1866]

Amazing person..super cool👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SmellySumtom]

*1983 Movie: "Deal of the Century" staring Chevy Chase*

[@jamesleonard2870]

Ai and neuro weapons are already at work and the battle field is on us soil. I know it was in use 13 years ago and also know it was in use years and probably decades before that. Since the military and the media miss report it or dismiss it’s existence many have come to the conclusion that they are operating it. These weapons are so horrible and vicious I can’t bring myself to think it’s our military. Possibly a rouge faction but not the regular command and control. It seems there’d rather keep it a secret rather than warn and protect us from these modern tools of war.

[@reymanasesrestaurado4733]

You're absolutely right 👍...they do the disclosure sporadically... they're just throwing softballs at this point....but pretty sure the concealed technology is thousands of years ahead of what we got right now at the public service.

[@maryannedouglas]

yes, the rouge faction 😂

[@davehaggerty3405]

“Rogue faction” is more like “classified information”. The US military has a “ need-to-know” policy. There’s a story that when Harry Truman was sworn in as President he was briefed on the atomic bomb. Because prior to this he was only vice-President.

[@DAnnaHawkinsHensley-kf8nm]

When I work my civilian job at whatever medical Care facility it is the majority of the time I work what is called third shift 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. I normally sleep during the daytime hours after I have returned from work I don't sleep between the hours of 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. because I am actually doing my job at work you don't send someone to a psychiatric Unit because the person works third shift 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. there is also a federal tent law that protects women that need to sleep in a tent for any reason and that Federal law more than penalizes a incompetent police officer that touches the exterior or interior of that tent and if the woman in the tent has formula a new penicillin formula for a deadly infection or virus and there are any lives that have been lost due to the incompetent police officers incompetence you will follow through with that federal law there are almost 7 million people dead that day there were 1.2 million people deceased of covid-19 coronavirus I will post the new numbers in the morning you don't touch a woman in a tent for any reason you don't have any legal right to arrest her or take her to a psychiatric unit or a hospital you are incompetent

[@edmundmcbride6355]

John Conner already warned us

[@TheGalacticIndian]

Of course, it will not be 15 years, but 15 months. As always, it all depends on the people - whether they are peaceful or aggressive. Whether they only defend themselves or attack others. Please mind that physically exterminating the most aggressive percentage of the given society allows the rest to finally have a life. Just saying🤷‍♂

[@GANAPATIIIII]

WOW 👀

[@t.d.straszheim]

since when did the Red Cross know anything about computers, let alone AI

[@eduardomoreno6677]

General Mark Milley emphasized that armies must make faster, more effective decisions than opponents, which can be practiced through team sports competitions.

[@trollingwiththefacts1996]

Too bad this guy was more worried with drag shows, woke training and pronouns, than withdrawing from Afghanistan...

[@JoshPitts530]

Imagine a swarm of nano drone wasps with the capability of decimating populations overnight.

[@9ZERO6]

Skynet does not care about humans. And within the next 10 years it will show us who is actually in charge. Spoiler, it will not be humans. Super entertaining news though :)

[@orangemanbad]

Scary thought.

[@brettlott570]

It’s a possibility someday. I just heard they have a war robot that can clean up the battlefield by eating the dead bodies. I just heard it talked about on Rogans podcast.

[@user-mj9lq9vp3w]

You actually think there aren't robotic wasps with lethal poisons? That'd be foolish. Robotics that are that small were developed decades ago.

[@rodicagazii8411]

I can be very dangerous for a lot peoples but I love the peace depend of peoples who listen me to apreciate what I say !

[@derekbentley334]

The NEXT 5 STAR

[@sksagor7886]

Nicd video

[@ragingmonk6080]

Do not worry about T2 folks. The first Terminator will do us in.

[@buzz5969]

If we could get AI to pay taxes in lieu of all the human workers its gonna put out of work.😊

[@stevea2909]

Thoeretically if the AI produces a widget at a profit, it could be "taxed". It's profit would pay the bills.

[@jockogle5250]

You guys are crazy

[@BobCristofaro]

Bad timing to retire looks like The war three in the making. we need ya General Milley

[@manhalen7046]

We need to keep AI out of military applications and keep combat as human as possible so that when those body bags and caskets start coming home it forces to question the use and purpose of it instead of just doubling down in aggressiveness because our drone tank numbers or airplanes are dwindling. The only entities benefitting from the use of AI and drones in combat is the defense industry and the numerous corporations that feed Uncle Sam inside the beltway.

[@fontomfrom]

Tell that to China

[@davidbradley3735]

Not a chance

[@VegetaThoughts]

That’s realistically not possible if you want to stay relevant

[@Ukrainian__Patriot]

Nah, Igor. Nice try.

[@Erin-Thor]

General Milley is a hero, this man deserves every possible accolade. 😊

[@AaronEbrahim]

What he said in this video is SPOT. ON.

[@sphereboy]

What exactly for?

[@IanBailey666]

What makes him a hero?that he killed some third-world people living a hut?

[@Bidenfriend]

@@AaronEbrahimwhat grown man takes a selfie like a teenage girl?

[@njm5991]

He'll never be known as a hero and he knows it.

[@derekbentley334]

Patterns Patents and Patton

[@1digitalsmith]

we're doomed simple

[@jjsep60]

this guy is a legend!! Love from Australia

[@TheLastChickenWing]

replicator? Terminator.

[@derekbentley334]

Admission of guilt the Government has never done.

[@Praisethesunson]

Maybe the AI will help them find that $100 million dollar jet they lost

[@AndroidMinutes]

Replicator?? really? Don't do it people. It didn't worked out for the Ancients.

[@Halepuna-ny2nb]

Mr Milly, isn't it kind of hard to do that if our own government is letting other countries into our own technology?

[@TwohundredSeventy]

AI would be a horrible idea

[@d4rkside84]

on the software side more like 5 years...

[@imds123]

Skynet is almost here!

[@johnchun370]

1:52

[@joemam12]

Saying the AI/robotics revolution adapted to warfare is like going from the USS Constitution to Nimitz in 15 years is a great understatement. The change to robotic, self-determining AI battle forces is like going from the invention of the wheel to USS Nimitz in 15 years. We still have training wheels on our bicycles...and we wanna make automated AI war machines. Humanity is so self-serving, this can't last. Someone will create a dysfunctional AI system that determines we are inferior, too destructive and eliminate us like we did to previous humanoid species.

[@garyspence2128]

Well, can you actually say that the machines would be wrong in deciding to remove us from the equation, when you see the state of the planet these days? It's not especially inspiring at the moment. What a pity...

[@joemam12]

@@garyspence2128 Exactly..this will be the last line humanity hears from AI: "Human errors must be eliminated", and humanity is eliminated lol

[@LucidDreamn]

@@joemam12 Before this happens I recon in the dystopian future AI will be decentralized enough where all kinds of systems are fighting each other like Good AIs vs Rogue AIs trying to destroy humans

[@richardnunziata3221]

Why not just call it SkyNet

[@DavidGalich77]

I think there must and will be a human counterpart to these AI systems.

[@DarkWizardGG]

It must be Sarah & John Connor. Lol😉😂😂

[@shredd5705]

But what if enemy doesn't bother with one? Their AI would be faster, because humans are not slowing it down with their slow judgement

[@seanburton5298]

Need a human intervention in the feedback loop.

[@Viktor-bb]

Что за новое оружие, ослепить

[@HTub-bo2yl]

USA had fantastic creativity to meet the mission in WWII and we can do so again

[@EricPham-gr8pg]

Diversified investment and let small business side track components of forces

[@rodicagazii8411]

Let see what YOU CHOOSE ???

[@yashgood4481]

Hahaha this guy looks like the bad guy in Avatar 😱

[@dinopadilla1662]

Palantir... All Seeing EYE!!!!

[@MrHoustonmichael]

Computers /A.I SHOULD NEVER MAKE LIFE & DEATH DECISIONS FOR HUMANS 😏

[@Glen-ft8ch]

Patterson will pay !!!!

[@rgbcolor6450]

Replicators? Really?

[@JusticeFALL-USA]

General Mark Milley's character and outstanding Leadership, keeping the citizenry safe exponentially says it 'ALL.' Thank you 'SIR' for your devoted service to the 🇺🇲USA and the 🇺🇲Constitution.

[@josettehoughton8518]

Absolutely

[@jamesbryson575]

Are you a bot?