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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans

www.businessinsider.com

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The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans

www.businessinsider.com

@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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The use of drones capable of deciding whether to kill humans is alarming critics.
  • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    3•2 years ago

    Or air to air missiles, they also already decide to kill people on their own

    • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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      Ciws has had an autonomous mode for years and it still has an issue with locking on commercial planes.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/13kk5au/phalanx_ciws_detecting_a_passenger_plane_going/

      • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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        Exactly. There isn’t some huge AI jump we haven’t already made, we need to be careful about how all these are acceptable and programed.

        • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          We can go farther and say in the 80s we had autonomous ICBM killers.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoatmospheric_Kill_Vehicle

          Very loud.

          https://youtu.be/RnofCyaWhI0?si=ErsagDi4lWYA3PJA

    • @postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      Fuck that bungie jumper in particular!

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