China Warns US of Using AI in Warfare Could Undermine Ethics

(MENAFN) China has formally cautioned that the potential expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) use by the US military in war decision‑making could weaken ethical restraints and accountability, especially if systems are allowed to exert excessive influence over life‑and‑death outcomes.

A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense said such developments—including “using AI as a tool to violate the sovereignty of other nations, allowing AI to excessively affect war decisions, and giving algorithms the power to determine life and death”—risk eroding ethical limits in warfare and could even lead to uncontrolled technological outcomes. The official suggested that an unrestricted role for AI in military operations might resemble dystopian scenarios seen in fiction.

Beijing stated opposition to efforts to leverage dominance in AI and other advanced technologies for absolute military advantage or to compromise other countries’ sovereignty.

Officials also stressed that all weapon systems should remain under human control and that “human primacy” must be maintained in military uses of AI. China said it will pursue multilateral governance of AI technologies, with the United Nations at the center, to strengthen risk prevention and ensure AI development aligns with human progress.

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