MonsterMind not only has the capability to detect incoming cyberattacks but can also counterattack - with no human intervention at all, according to Snowden.
This could lead to catastroph because cyberattacks are often routed through computers in innocent third countries.
The 31-year-old told Wired: 'These attacks can be spoofed...You could have someone sitting in China, for example, making it appear that one of these attacks is originating in Russia. And then we end up shooting back at a Russian hospital. What happens next?'
Last year, the former systems analyst was granted temporary asylum of one year in Russia, but that expired on August 1. His lawyer said last week that he had been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years.
I told the government I’d volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose… I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can’t allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I’m not going to be part of that.
Snowden is wanted in the U.S. for leaking details about the National Security Agency's snooping operations.
The spokesman for the White House National Security Council, Ned Price, said Snowden needed to return to the United States to face charges related to the leaks.
In his latest interview with Wired, Snowden said the NSA has exaggerated the number of documents that he stole from them - a number far lower than the 1.7million that has been claimed.
The IT specialist said that he purposely left a digital trail so that investigators could tell exactly what he took and what he only touched - but government auditors didn't find it.
He said: 'I figured they would have a hard time. I didn’t figure they would be completely incapable.'
He speculated that the documents he stole - the majority of which he has not read - may hold a secret about a senior government figure which would destroy careers.
He said: 'I think they think there’s a smoking gun in there that would be the death of them all politically.
'The fact that the government’s investigation failed - that they don’t know what was taken and that they keep throwing out these ridiculous huge numbers - implies to me that somewhere in their damage assessment they must have seen something that was like, ''Holy s***.'' And they think it’s still out there.'
He refused to answer whether he believed his leak of confidential documents influenced the reported leaks of more documents from the American intelligence community but spoke of the NSA's lack of control over its own sprawling operation.
