2026-10-02 · The Economist · 15:56Changed view
“The most important one is that there's a human involved in every military decision.”He insists a human must be involved in every military decision on targeting.
Eric Schmidt on ai in war
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2026-09-08 · The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim · 26:45
“We have not seen that yet, but I expect it to be soon.”He expects true learning AI to appear on the battlefield soon, with swarms using reinforcement learning.
2026-08-03 · BlackNova Productions · 1:07:02
“automatic attack decisions faster than human time is destabilizing because it leads the other side to think it has to destroy it.”He argues automatic, faster-than-human attack decisions are destabilizing and need rules.
2026-08-03 · BlackNova Productions · 1:07:44
“we must start now talking specifically with China, but also with Russia about appropriate restraints”He says the US should begin talks with China and Russia about restraints on AI weapons.
2026-07-31 · BlackNova Productions · 48:31
“So, you want to avoid an arms race. An arms race in AI could look a lot like the arms race that we went through in the '50s and '60s.”He expects an arms race in AI between great powers that could be destabilizing.
2026-07-19 · Zenvora Productions · 12:22
“things like tanks, um, of which we're now building a whole bunch more, even stronger tanks here in America, don't make any sense in a world where a 2 kilogram payload from a a well-armed drone can destroy the tank.”He argues tanks make no sense when cheap drones can destroy them.
2026-07-19 · Zenvora Productions · 14:30
“in an AI world where you're doing reinforcement learning, you can't count what the other side is planning. You can't see it. You don't know it. And I believe that that will deter what I view as one of the most horrendous things ever done by humans, which is war.”He believes AI-driven drone warfare could deter war because neither side can know the other's battle plan.
2026-05-25 · Steven Reff · 06:40
“On balance, I am deeply optimistic, and I believe that you should be as well.”He is deeply optimistic about AI's benefits overall.
2026-05-13 · Special Competitive Studies Project · 10:36
“The future combat will be largely robotic. Um it will be automated, it will be controlled by uh the laws of war.”He believes future combat will be largely robotic and automated, with human control under the laws of war.
2026-05-11 · FII Institute · 05:28
“I'm confident that in a decade the the the structures of militaries will be very different for that reason.”He expects AI to make warfare more targeted but also easier, and to change military structures within a decade.
2026-03-20 · Simon Harrison · 1:12:28
“AI is not reliable enough to rely on it to make those decisions and it's unlikely to be so for a very long time.”He believes AI is not reliable enough to make lethal military decisions and humans must oversee it.
2026-02-12 · ExpovistaTV · 03:18
“In every case, there's going to be an automation equivalent of that. Instead of buying tanks, you'll be buying unmanounded ground vehicles.”He believes the future of war is autonomous systems and drones rather than traditional tanks, ships and jets.
2026-02-12 · ExpovistaTV · 15:22
“I'm sure within two or three years, algorithmic warfare as a category will exist.”He predicts algorithmic warfare will exist as a category within two or three years.
2026-01-08 · The Diary Of A CEO Clips · 03:17
“This will ultimately take over war and conflict in our world in total.”He believes drones and drone-on-drone combat will ultimately take over war and conflict.
2025-11-13 · Catalaxis · 02:01
“So if there's no place to hide, then why are you building aircraft carriers? The US Army just announced a brand new huge tank, uh, which is a sitting duck for the next generation of drones.”He argues large platforms like tanks and aircraft carriers are obsolete because modern sensors leave nowhere to hide.
2025-11-13 · Catalaxis · 03:44
“Why do we need planners when we can have the computer do a better plan than humans can?”He expects autonomous killing machines and AI-generated battle plans to replace human military planners.
2025-11-13 · Catalaxis · 11:50
“If it were possible, I would accelerate this transition to offset X, autonomy, and drones. I see no reason why America should give an inch.”He urges the US to accelerate the transition to drones and autonomy and reform procurement.
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