Hyperwar (
portmanteau
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preposition
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and
prefix
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"beyond" and the
English
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* English people
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** English national ide ...
"
war
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
") is a term coined by
John R. Allen and
Amir Husain
Amir Husain is a Pakistani-American artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur, founder of the Austin-based company, SparkCognition, and author of the book, ''The Sentient Machine''.
Childhood & Education
Husain was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakis ...
which refers to
algorithm
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ic or "
AI"-controlled warfare with little to no human decision making.
Due to the autonomous nature of AI, it could rapidly increase the speed of warfare, especially if more than one side is relying on AI.
AI is not limited to new weapons such as
drones or
cyberwar
Cyberwarfare is the use of cyber attacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting vital computer systems. Some intended outcomes could be espionage, sabotage, propaganda, manipulation or economic war ...
, it can affect all forms of military planning.
See also
*
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
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Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare is the use of cyber attacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting vital computer systems. Some intended outcomes could be espionage, sabotage, propaganda, manipulation or economic war ...
Links
* ''
European Security & Technology''
esut.de : ''Hyperwar - New challenges for army development''* November 5, 2020,
Stefan Krempl'' Machine Warfare: From Drone Swarm to Hyperwar''
References
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Cyberwarfare
21st-century neologisms
2010s neologisms