| dc.description.abstract | Many scholars predict the futuristic application
of AI in the military and even robot armies and wars. Thus,
these lack an explanation of ‘why’. Therefore, to answer
this question via academic foundations, this paper
investigates the correlation between military manpower
and AI in Futures Studies. Thus, Possible Futures will be
focused on investigating the complex correlation between
futuristic demographic challenges and military manpower.
The problem of this study is to answer ‘why will the military
manpower of future armies shift from humans to robots?’.
The methodology adopted in this task will be the future
studies research methodology of Six Pillars approach and
the research tool of back-casting. Further, case studies of
the three largest militaries, China, India, and the United
States (US) will be considered in data collection and
demographic trends trends including population growth
rate, population median age, total fertility rate as well as
birth rate, and its impact on military recruitment and force
composition will be evaluated as research variables. The
purpose of this paper is to highlight the paradigm shift in
military manpower from the traditional recruitment of
humans towards the integration of robot soldiers in the
Possible Futures with a special focus on analyzing the
potentiality of AI to address recruitment challenges arising
from demographic shifts. | en_US |
