Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

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Main Authors: Dubber, Timothy, Lazar, Seth
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Published: 2025
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author Dubber, Timothy
Lazar, Seth
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Lazar, Seth
contents This paper argues that autonomous AI cyber-weapons - Military-AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) - create a credible pathway to catastrophic risk. It sets out the technical feasibility of MAICAs, explains why geopolitics and the nature of cyberspace make MAICAs a catastrophic risk, and proposes political, defensive-AI and analogue-resilience measures to blunt the threat.
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spellingShingle Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Dubber, Timothy
Lazar, Seth
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
This paper argues that autonomous AI cyber-weapons - Military-AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) - create a credible pathway to catastrophic risk. It sets out the technical feasibility of MAICAs, explains why geopolitics and the nature of cyberspace make MAICAs a catastrophic risk, and proposes political, defensive-AI and analogue-resilience measures to blunt the threat.
title Military AI Cyber Agents (MAICAs) Constitute a Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12094