Rethinking Adversarial Examples in Wargames

Abstract

Artificial intelligence technology is increasingly widely used in games, especially for wargames. The addition of artificial intelligence algorithms enables these games to solve decision-making problems in complex environments more quickly, surpassing the vast majority of experienced human players in competitive games. However, due to the vulnerability of the neural network before adversarial examples, all modules using artificial intelligence algorithms are at risk of being attacked. For wargames, adversarial examples will make the units in the game no longer able to follow the established routes or actions to perform tasks. Based on such risks, this paper proposes a deceptive concept scheme of attacking intelligent modules in wargames through adversarial examples, and proposes challenges and prospects for current technologies. To our knowledge, we are the first team to analyze the impact of adversarial examples in the running process of wargames, namely the OODA loop, and simulate them in the corresponding wargaming software. In the end, we found that when artificial intelligence technology is widely used in war games, adversarial examples will have a subversive impact on several activities in several steps, which will directly lead to the failure to complete the established game goals.