A Harvard Belfer Center report warned that AI could reduce foreign affairs ministries to a "bare minimum" within 15–20 years. Are diplomats ready for AI?
Excellent piece Dan, well researched and thought out.
I have been tracking this issue for close to year, how it plays out, what its impact will be and how it is being deployed throughout the diplomatic ecosystem around the world, whether in ministries of foreign affairs or IGOs.
In addition to the issues you have pointed out there, there are implementation gaps and issues that are showing precursors to the broader problems we will face collectively later on as adoption spreads faster.
I’m not going to crowd your comment section, but suffice to say that the comparison between the idealized use case scenarios that are used to illustrate the functions of this technology and the way it is actually being used and will be used, whether by individual diplomats and officers in the field or organizations, is going to throw a wrench in the assumptions and expected outcomes.
You're making a great point, and I'd be happy for you to crowd my comment section with it: AI isn't merely an individual tool, but an organizational one. That presents a whole new set of challenges.
The question of whether US diplomats should trust AI is irrelevant. The administration is using AI to eliminate their jobs, as with the rest of of the deep state. Only diplomats who are extremely proficient with AI and willing to publicly sing its praises at every opportunity will be promoted.
Not all the articles extolled the benefits of AI, Dan.
- Ian Hopper, article-writer.
Yours was an excellent article. Link here for folks interested in consular issues to check out: https://afsa.org/are-ai-consular-officers-our-future
Excellent piece Dan, well researched and thought out.
I have been tracking this issue for close to year, how it plays out, what its impact will be and how it is being deployed throughout the diplomatic ecosystem around the world, whether in ministries of foreign affairs or IGOs.
In addition to the issues you have pointed out there, there are implementation gaps and issues that are showing precursors to the broader problems we will face collectively later on as adoption spreads faster.
I’m not going to crowd your comment section, but suffice to say that the comparison between the idealized use case scenarios that are used to illustrate the functions of this technology and the way it is actually being used and will be used, whether by individual diplomats and officers in the field or organizations, is going to throw a wrench in the assumptions and expected outcomes.
You're making a great point, and I'd be happy for you to crowd my comment section with it: AI isn't merely an individual tool, but an organizational one. That presents a whole new set of challenges.
The question of whether US diplomats should trust AI is irrelevant. The administration is using AI to eliminate their jobs, as with the rest of of the deep state. Only diplomats who are extremely proficient with AI and willing to publicly sing its praises at every opportunity will be promoted.