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The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] SCB@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that’s the thing about new drones, it’s not great that they can authorize themselves lol

I very strongly disagree with this statement. I believe a drone "controller" attached to every unit is a fantastic idea, and that drones having a minimal capability to engage hostile enemies without direction is going to be hugely impactful.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh yes it’ll be impactful, I don’t think anyone can argue that. Horrifyingly so.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's horrifying to have my nation's army better able to compete on a battlefield.