Scary stuff: The future of nukes involves AI and nobody knows what happens next

Machines are going to do more and more jobs that were once done by hand, including those that involve nuclear weapons.

According to the hype, artificial intelligence is changing everything. The truth is more complicated, but that doesn’t mean that companies and governments aren’t rushing to embrace the new technology. It’s even being used to update an old and destructive technology: nuclear weapons.

America is modernizing its force, Russia is building new kinds of nuclea…