Editing Dual-use technology (section)

== Artificial intelligence ==
{{main|Ethics of artificial intelligence}}

As more advances are made towards [[artificial intelligence]] (AI), it garners more and more attention on its capability as a dual-use technology and the security risks it may pose.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/01/07/the-dual-use-dilemma-of-artificial-intelligence/|title=The Dual-Use Dilemma Of Artificial Intelligence|last=Pandya|first=Jayshree|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> Artificial intelligence can be applied within many different fields and can be easily integrated throughout current technology's [[cyberspace]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2019/01/we-need-to-get-smart-about-how-governments-use-ai?lang=en|title=We Need to Get Smart About How Governments Use AI|last=Feldstein|first=Steven|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> With the use of AI, technology has become capable of running multiple [[algorithm]]s that could solve difficult problems, from detecting anomalies in samples during [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI scans]],<ref name=":1" /> to providing surveillance of an entire country's residents.<ref name=":1" /> Within [[Mass surveillance in China|China's mass surveillance]], the government uses AI in order to distinguish citizens with less than satisfactory records among crowds.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html|title=Inside China's Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras|last=Mozur|first=Paul|date=2018-07-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Every new invention or application made with AI comes with its own set of positive and negative effects.<ref name=":0" /> Some claim that, as potential uses for AI grow in number, nations need to start regulating it as a dual-use technology.<ref name=":0" />