--- title: "Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions" description: "The lead US military commander in South Korea told reporters he's becoming really close with ChatGPT lately." date: "2025-10-14" modified: "2025-10-14" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/general-taylor-korea-chatgpt" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Ethics" - "Future Society" --- # Top US Army General Says He’s Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions ![The lead US military commander in South Korea told reporters he's becoming really close with ChatGPT lately.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images* If it's worrying that high school kids are [outsourcing their brains to AI](), it's downright alarming to imagine US military leaders — the commanders of the most well-equipped armed forces in history — doing the same. Unfortunately, that scenario is no longer the stuff of cold war fiction. As first [reported by ]()*[Business Insider]()*, Major General William "Hank" Taylor, commander of the 8th Field Army in South Korea, told reporters that "Chat\[GPT\] and I" have become "really close lately." "I'm asking to build, trying to build models to help all of us," he said, adding that he's using ChatGPT to help make military and personal decisions affecting the soldiers under his command. This includes the joint United Nations Command in South Korea, which Taylor [currently leads]() as chief of staff. "As a commander, I want to make better decisions," Taylor reportedly said. "I want to make sure that I make decisions at the right time to give me the advantage." It's a remarkable comment coming from the top US military official in Korea, a nation the US has [occupied since 1945](). ChatGPT is notorious for its often-agreeable answers, prioritizing [endless engagement]() over accuracy. In extreme cases, ChatGPT has even encourages users as they've fallen into [severe mental health crises]() that led to [involuntary commitment]() and even [death by suicide](). The company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, has since tried to address more [extreme cases]() of brown-nosing with the release of the more grounded GPT-5. That was short-lived, however, as a [massive outcry]() from users prompted the company to reinstate the chatbot's sycophantic traits. Beyond sycophancy, GPT-5 has been [found to generate]() false information on basic facts "over half the time" — a problematic track record even before you consider the fact that it's now helping manage the US military in the shadow of one of the longest-standing [geopolitical showdowns]() of the modern era. **More on AI:** *[Experts Concerned AI Is Going to Start a Nuclear War]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()