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AI Cyber Deterrence: Will Nations Need a Digital Equivalent of Nuclear MAD?
Nuclear deterrence was built around the principle that an attack would trigger unacceptable retaliation. Could a similar doctrine emerge for AI cyber warfare? This article explores the concept of cyber deterrence in an era of autonomous agents, including the difficulties of attribution, proportional retaliation, escalation control, and defining red lines, and asks whether nations may eventually maintain powerful offensive AI cyber capabilities partly to convince adversaries that attacking their critical infrastructure would carry significant consequences.
