From drone swarms to soldiers edicts of genes: AI transforms modern warfare

From swarms of drones to soldiers edicts of genes, the United States and China rush to integrate artificial intelligence in almost all facets of their war machines – and a potential conflict on Taiwan could be the first real test of the world of which has the technological advantage.

For millennia, war victory was determined by the workforce, the firepower and the grain of the battlefield commanders. However, in this current technological revolution, algorithms and autonomy can be more important than conventional weapons.

“War will come back to the best IA,” said Arnie Bellini, technology entrepreneur and defense investor, in an interview with Fox News Digital.

American planners now consider Taiwan the probable place of a high power conflict of the 21st century. Although America does not officially combine with Taiwan, it regularly armed the island and changed its forces to focus on Indo-Pacific.

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The Taiwanese conscripts examine during a visit to the Taiwanese president Lai Ching-Te in a military base in Taichung on June 28, 2024. (Sat Yeh / AFP via Getty Images)

The Pentagon responds urgently, and nowhere is transformation visible only in the redesign of the American army.

The army goes all: $ 36 billion in AI investment

Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the army launched a modernization initiative of $ 36 billion aimed directly to counter China in Indo-Pacific.

By 2026, each of its 10 active combat divisions will be equipped with around 1,000 drones, considerably passing the battlefield of helicopters equivalent to autonomous systems.

Army leaders stressed that inherited weapons and bureaucratic gap are incompatible with the future war. The new push includes command and control tests assisted by AI, under difficult conditions in places like the Philippines and a fast feedback model to keep the doctrine up to date.

Stop wars before starting: Cyber + AI Fusion

Beyond the material, AI can be the most powerful in prevention. Bellini believes that American cyber-espionage, combined with AI, could hit preventively. “The United States is the best in cyber-espionage and cyber war … Once you have combined with AI, you can stop a war before it even happens.”

This could involve the infiltration of Chinese naval systems via cyber-ai tools and the neutralization of threats before ships take sails.

From drones of drones to soldiers edicts of genes, the United States and China rush to integrate AI into almost all facets of their war machines – and a potential conflict on Taiwan could be the first real test in the world of which has the technological advantage. (Photo of the American army by sergeant of staff Jacob Slaymaker)

Biotech on the battlefield: from doctors to the edition of genes

AI is not only a question of machines – it also changes biology. The American army explores trauma care based on AI, synthetic blood and regenerative medicine to save lives.

However, China can push the limits more. “China has been one of the most avant-garde countries in the use of biotechnology in its soldiers,” said Defense Stratege Jack Burnham. “In military hospitals, there are important research on genes… part of this could be for double use.”

The reports of the intelligence leaders and the former DNI John Ratcliffe suggest that China could experiment with soldiers edict of genes, which has alarms in the gray ethical area of the integration of AI-Biotech.

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Will robots fight battles?

“The future of war will not be with people,” predicted Bellini. “It will be robots. It’s going to be drones. And it’s synchronization.”

Tesla develops her robot “Optimus”, he noted, with a “brain” optimized by AI to finish the tasks which are “dangerous, repetitive and boring” in warehouses, houses and even dangerous installations such as nuclear plants.

The CEO Elon Musk spoke out against the use of Optimus as a “killer robot”, but foreign opponents still care about the double use potential.

China has imposed export restrictions on rare earth magnets necessary for optimus actuators, specifically asking for insurance that the units will not be used for military purposes.

Tesla develops her robot “Optimus”, he noted, with a “brain” optimized by AI to finish the tasks which are “dangerous, repetitive and boring” in warehouses, houses and even dangerous installations such as nuclear plants. (Tesla)

Garring for the war for the conflict of tomorrow

American forces are already simulating this future in improved war games in AI. Thanks to these exercises, commanders learn to operate at the PACE – Modeling logistics, battlefield flows and adversaries on an unprecedented scale.

“The AI is really good for modeling logistics … visualize and integrate large amounts of data … (creating) a more immersive experience on a much larger scale,” said Burnham.

“These AI opponents are like intelligent enemies against which you play in a war game,” said Dr. Randall Hill, executive director of the Institute of Creative Technology at the University of South California. “It is important to train not only with AI but also on AI – so soldiers understand where to trust it and where its limits are.”

The Hill team develops tools like PAL3, a personalized teaching assistant for military trainees who adapts to individual learning speeds. “It is a question of helping humans and machines to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the other,” he said.

Ethical concerns: who keeps a human in the loop?

The United States insists on a “human in the loop” for the deadly AI decisions – but China cannot, warn the experts.

“In the United States, we focus on ethical and legal decisions on the battlefield … Our opponents … may not be as worried about keeping a human in the loop,” said RJ Blake, a former defense official.

Hill echoes this concern, emphasizing the need for AI systems to be interpretable and rigorously resolved.

“We need protocols aligned with American values,” he said. “The AI must be explained and capable of justifying its conclusions – and humans must recognize when these systems are outside their formed limits.”

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A new era of war

As the AI redefines war – cyber and command systems with autonomous weapons and biotechnology – it is not only a war machine under construction. It is a system of systems, mixing digital, physical and biological domains.

If Beijing moves against Taiwan, the battlefield may no longer be measured in tanks or missiles – but in algorithms, networks and genes of genes.