The AI-Driven Decentralization of Violence (warontherocks.com)

• Convergence of robotics and AI increases lethality
• States must prepare for non-state actors using high-end precision capabilities
• Shifting focus from superintelligence to decentralized security threats

"Advances in AI, robotics, and sensors are lowering the barrier to entry for precise, long-range violence. This shift threatens to undermine traditional state monopolies on force by empowering smaller non-state actors."