“For knowledge itself is power...”--- Francis Bacon's statement on achieving power as the meaning of all knowledge marks the beginning of the modern project. At the latest since the advent of AI in the defense domain, however, technology meant for the benefit of humanity may turn against humanity. This specific type of instrumental knowledge makes the modern crisis as visible as in spotlight. Ethical knowledge of man and his nature must complement Bacon's knowledge. There is an “ecology of man”: He does not make himself; he is responsible for himself and others. How can the data fusion community technically support responsible use of the power we are harvesting from AI? To argue more specifically, we consider documents of the German Bundeswehr, founded in the 1950s when the term AI was coined. Since these armed forces have learned lessons from “total war” and tyranny, they seem conceptually prepared for mastering the digital challenge. There exist parallels to ongoing IEEE P7000 standardization activities.

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论国防领域人工智能与信息融合的数字伦理

“因为知识本身就是力量……”——弗朗西斯·培根（Francis Bacon）关于实现权力作为所有知识的意义的声明标志着现代工程的开始。然而，最迟自人工智能在国防领域出现以来，旨在造福人类的技术可能会背离人类。这种特定类型的工具性知识使现代危机像聚光灯一样可见。人类及其本性的伦理知识必须补充培根的知识。有一个“人的生态”：他不创造自己；他对自己和他人负责。数据融合社区如何在技术上支持负责任地使用我们从 AI 中获得的力量？更具体地说，我们考虑德国联邦国防军的文件，该联邦国防军成立于 1950 年代，当时人工智能一词被创造出来。由于这些武装部队从“全面战争”和暴政中吸取了教训，他们似乎在概念上准备好应对数字挑战。与正在进行的 IEEE P7000 标准化活动存在相似之处。