SINGAPORE - The use of artificial intelligence (AI) will not make soldiers obsolete, but it might redefine their roles in the future, said expert panellists at a technology summit on Thursday (June 27). In fact, soldiers could become more proficient if they are technically skilled and are able to make use of AI systems to their advantage, they added. Speaking at the second Singapore Defence Technology Summit, Israeli computer scientist Yaniv Altshuler said it is "not so unlikely" to foresee a future where soldiers operate a swarm of armoured, autonomous, or semi-autonomous vehicles remotely. "Now, you see soldiers or pilots actually graduating from flying academies and they are flying drones. Do you call them pilots, or are pilots now redundant?... I think the same would be with soldiers," he said.