Three Groups of Threats from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

... situation in which even in a crisis neither party had serious opportunities or incentives to deliver the first nuclear strike. Arms race stability was determined with regard to the presence of incentives to increase a country’s own strategic potential. The principles of strategic stability enshrined in the 1990 Declaration were considered the guidelines for weapons control. Later, the notions of “first strike stability” and even “cross-domain strategic stability” emerged. Military AI has the potential to breach stability within any concept. Some high-ranking Pentagon ...