Vance Advises Air Force Academy Graduates to Not Concede Decision Making to AI
- On Thursday, May 28, 2026, U.S. Vice President JD Vance addressed 931 graduating cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, urging them not to let technology supersede their judgment in warfare.
- Warning that "decisions over life and death must be made by humans and not machines," Vance stressed that Americans wage war justly and must preserve moral judgment amid advancing autonomous systems and AI.
- His remarks followed a theological document from Pope Leo XIV regarding unchecked AI advancements. Vance praised the document in an NBC News interview for providing necessary moral leadership on the issue.
- Following the commencement, Vance traveled to Denver, where Colorado Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib criticized the visit as an effort to sell an agenda Coloradans have already rejected.
- Amid ongoing policy deliberations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hold differing views on AI oversight, reflecting internal administration debates over regulation and cybersecurity safeguards.
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Vance advises Air Force Academy graduates to not concede decision making to AI
Vice President JD Vance cautioned U.S. Air Force Academy graduates to not allow artificial intelligence to take over their autonomy in warfare decision making.At the academy’s Thursday graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Vance urged cadets to dictate their own decisions and not “submit” to AI as the technology continues to change warfare.“As AI transforms the battlefield in some ways positively, in some ways not, I ask that you be…
The JD Vance military speech from last year that's making this week's address look like a total contradiction
Twelve months ago, Vice President JD Vance stood before a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and delivered what amounted to a boast: the Trump administration, he declared, didn’t do aimless wars.
Vance, Echoing Pope Leo’s Encyclical, Says Decisions About Life and Death ‘Must Be Made by Humans, Not Machines’
U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with a graduating cadet at the United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium on May 28, 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The vice president told Air Force Academy graduates to ‘use technology to make you better, but never submit to it.’
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