Anthropic研究员雅各布·考克森的辞职凸显了人们对人工智能所带来风险日益增长的担忧。考克森表示，“构建人工智能的人真诚地相信，它可能在这个十年结束前杀死我们所有人。”Epirus首席技术官迈克尔·希亚特则采取了不同的思路。

在航空航天网络会议上关于反无人机防御的小组讨论中，希亚特指出，“每个人都在谈论成本不对称……以及解决这个成本不对称问题有多么重要。但对于身处一线、试图做出评估的作战上尉来说，这不是成本不对称问题。这是弹匣疑虑问题。”“当你面对像无人机系统威胁这样的问题时，它们是成群而来的，”希亚特继续说道。他强调，当威胁时间被压缩到几秒钟时，对飞行员系统的信任至关重要。

“I know that my DE [Directed Energy] weapons are gonna be able to take it out, and do so in a low-collateral way, in a very low cost per shot way, and most importantly, in a way that preserves my magazine — my scarce interceptors, and then they’ll be able to push that button.”The challenge, according to Hiatt, is “putting that work in and building that trust. It’s not science fiction. It’s physics fact.” For Hiatt, utilizing AI in counter-drone defense is a tool with humans initially “in the loop” but ultimately working towards a system where humans start the loop and then end up on the outside of the operating system. However, building that trust amid an industry that is still formulating its own AI policy regulations is difficult, the panelists concede.但尽管如此，小组成员认为，人工智能已是覆水难收，美军必须研究如何对抗那些快速且鲁莽的敌方AI代理，这些代理未必会在同样的监督下运作。

小组成员、数字力量技术公司首席技术官科尔顿·伍德表示，军方必须继续“进化，因为威胁也在不断演变”。“如果我们不改进防御手段来基本应对这种威胁，我们就将永远处于被动挨打的境地。”