MI6 boss assured AI will not substitute spies

Human spies is not going to get replaced by synthetic intelligence (AI) whilst machines make data “infinitely more accessible”, the pinnacle of the UK’s international intelligence service, MI6, will say.

Sir Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, is because of give a uncommon public speech throughout a go to to Prague on Wednesday.

As properly as specializing in the “human factor” in spying, he’ll discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s efforts to support President Vladimir Putin within the battle.

Sir Richard will even cowl Russian makes an attempt to achieve affect in Africa.

AI cannot match ‘distinctive’ human brokers

On AI, the spy chief will touch upon whether or not computer systems will put human intelligence-gathering organisations like MI6 out of enterprise.

“In fact, the opposite is likely to be true. As AI trawls the ocean of open source, there will be even greater value in landing, with a well-cast fly, the secrets that lie beyond the reach of its nets,” he’ll say.

“The unique characteristics of human agents in the right places will become still more significant.”

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Machines will enhance ‘with startling velocity’

Sir Richard will add: “They are never just passive collectors of information: our agents can be tasked and directed; they can identify new questions we didn’t know to ask; and sometimes they can influence decisions inside a government or terrorist group.

“Human intelligence within the age of synthetic intelligence will more and more be outlined as these issues that machines can’t do, albeit we should always count on the frontier of machine functionality to advance with startling velocity.”