China’s J-36 fighter jet designers report danger of military AI hallucinations

Large language models are expert in intelligence work, able to quickly mine key data and analyse weapons performance – tasks that once took analysts huge amounts of time and effort.

But engineers at China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Research and Design Institute, developer of the People’s Liberation Army’s backbone J-20 and next generation J-36 stealth fighters, have urged caution.

In a paper published on June 20, engineer Zhang Xianzhe said that “AI models can invent aircraft specifications –...