AI technology with British troops. A joint project report by the UK Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with with the German Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning, offers a shocking insight of what military future could look like.The report titled Human Augmentation — The Dawn of a New Paradigm, a Strategic Implications Project, which came out in May 2021, reviews the scientific goals of the UK and German defence ministries.In the report, human augmentation is stressed as a key area to focus on in order to win future wars.It states: "Human augmentation will become increasingly relevant, partly because it can directly enhance human capability and behaviour and partly because it is the binding agent between people and machines."Future wars will be won, not by those with the most advanced technology, but by those who can most effectively integrate the unique capabilities of both people and machines."The importance of human-machine teaming is widely acknowledged but it has been viewed from a techno-centric perspective."Human augmentation is the missing part of this puzzle."To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The report goes on to add that this technology is capable of changing what it means to be human, stating: "Human augmentation has the potential to...
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