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Home / China / How China’s military might use anti-AI tactics on the battlefields of the future
China, Asia, Cyber

May 21, 2025

How China’s military might use anti-AI tactics on the battlefields of the future

Lyle Goldstein, director of the China initiative at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, said the PLA had been “moving swiftly in the direction of anti-AI tactics” while widely discussing the use of AI on the battlefield in the past five years.

Its illustration of such a concept was “particularly interesting” as it emphasised the combination of “hard and soft combat capabilities”.

“The Chinese understand that warfare is constantly evolving, while still retaining various traditional elements,” he said.

Goldstein said the Ukraine war and a proposed “hellscape” plan, as warned by United States Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo when discussing conflict over Taiwan, were “wake-up calls” for the PLA.

Read at South China Morning Post

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