I have first hand knowledge of military efforts to create AI to respond to attacks. To a great extent, that effort is working just fine.
The con podcast guests argued, essentially that:
while AI excels at the science of control—processing data and accelerating workflows—it cannot master the art of command.
War remains a human endeavor and there is a significant risk in letting machines rush humans into fast decisions that may be tactically efficient yet strategically disastrous. Leaders must stay engaged to provide the ethical judgment, empathy, and inspiration that no software can replicate.