NEW DELHI: Army commanders will increasingly need to become “technocrats” capable of understanding algorithms and questioning machine-generated outputs as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in battlefield systems, Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Vipul Singhal said Wednesday. The growing use of AI-enabled decision-support tools is also sharply shrinking the time available for battlefield decisions, he said. This creates a dilemma for commanders operating in high-tempo combat environments. “If he doesn’t press that button and doesn’t take what the AI has told him, he may lose the opportunity and may be questioned about it later. Whereas if he does it and goes wrong, then where is the moral buffer?” he said.

Source: Indian Express March 12, 2026 02:56 UTC