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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

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

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

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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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The use of drones capable of deciding whether to kill humans is alarming critics.
  • @uis@lemmy.world
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    26•1 year ago

    Doesn’t AI go into landmines category then?

    • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      3•1 year ago

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

      • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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        5•1 year ago

        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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          3•1 year ago

          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•1 year 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

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      • @postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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        4•1 year ago

        Fuck that bungie jumper in particular!

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