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Zerush ( Zerush@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

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

www.businessinsider.in

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

www.businessinsider.in

Zerush ( Zerush@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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The use of drones capable of deciding whether to kill humans is alarming critics.
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  • gregorum ( gregorum@lemm.ee ) 
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    wasn’t there a movie about this being a bad thing? i’m pretty sure there was…

    • Sabata11792 ( Sabata11792@kbin.social ) 
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      An entire category of movies saying “don’t do this exact course of actions ever”? Sounds like a good starting guide!

      • blackluster117 ( blackluster117@possumpat.io ) 
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        But the autonomous fighter plane learned about 2000s Alt-Rock and made jokes! It’s a good guy!

        • Sabata11792 ( Sabata11792@kbin.social ) 
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          New light novel just dropped-My Ai Girlfriend is a Thermal Nuclear Bomb that Wants the Launch Codes.

    • The Doctor ( drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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      That movie inspired a lot of folks back home to go into this very line of work. They completely took the wrong lesson from it.

    • qwertyqwertyqwerty ( qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one ) 
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      There’s been at least a couple.

    • ivanafterall ( ivanafterall@kbin.social ) 
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      I don’t think so.

      • LoamImprovement ( LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ) 
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        Man, someday you’re gonna have a blast watching the Terminator movies for the first time. Maybe even today!

        • gregorum ( gregorum@lemm.ee ) 
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          lol, blast

    • lemillionsocks ( lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 
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      Well according to the third movie judgment day is inevitable, talk to the hand. So maybe they just figured they might as well be the ones to do it.

  • drcobaltjedi ( drcobaltjedi@programming.dev ) 
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    Oh great, Skynet is actually the US millitary.

    I’m sorry we’re like this.

    • The Doctor ( drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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      Who else would have the money to build Skynet?

      • ghost_laptop ( gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml ) 
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        It’s not about the money, it’s about principles.

        • The Doctor ( drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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          Principles are nice, but they don’t pay software engineers, nor do they pay for hardware.

  • katy ✨ ( cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    they should just buy a tesla

    • Zerush ( Zerush@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      Yes, until now a Tesla killed more people.

  • ObstreperousCanadian ( ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca ) 
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    I look forward to them being equipped with the ability to refuel by consuming biomass, self replicating, and having unbreakable encryption so they can’t be stopped!

    • BatrickPateman ( BatrickPateman@feddit.de ) 
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      deleted by creator

  • WasPentalive ( waspentalive@lemmy.one ) 
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    Do you want a Butlerian Jihad? Cuz this is how you get a Butlerian Jihad!

    • DarkenLM ( DarkenLM@kbin.social ) 
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      I think the Butlerian Jihad can’t do shit against Judgment Day.

      • WasPentalive ( waspentalive@lemmy.one ) 
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        <small> Why not both? </small>

  • theshatterstone54 ( theshatterstone54@feddit.uk ) 
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    Is the US preparing for a war with China? Cuz it certainly sounds like it.

    Quote from the article:

    The Pentagon is working toward deploying swarms of thousands of AI-enabled drones, according to a notice published earlier this year.

    In a speech in August, US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, said technology like AI-controlled drone swarms would enable the US to offset China’s People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) numerical advantage in weapons and people.

    “We’ll counter the PLA’s mass with mass of our own, but ours will be harder to plan for, harder to hit, harder to beat,” she said, reported Reuters.

    • The Doctor ( drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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      It seems like they’re preparing for a war with anyone and everyone. It’s not like the US has the greatest reputation across the planet, and there’s no shortage of dust-ups around the world that might get pointed in the direction of North America at some point.

    • lemillionsocks ( lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 
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      China has been militarizing and between the gender gap, the soon decline in population, and recent global attitudes towards them shifting , theyre going to be in for a world of economic hurt. A large population of unattached young men with poor economic outcomes doesnt bode well for peace in that region.

      Likewise the US policy of “surely embracing capitalism will lead to a liberal democracy” gave way to mild hostility towards china when it didnt happen. Especially with a president for 4 years who kept saying those quiet things other presidents didnt outright say because they knew it would be poking the bear for no reason.

      God help us all if this actually happens because it would lead to a world war centered on Asia and china, and I hope that what will happen with the age gap and decline in china will mirror more japan, but we do live in uncertain times.

    • ghost_laptop ( gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml ) 
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      The US wants its ass kicked, lol.

  • DeltaTangoLima ( DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com ) 
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    Paging James Cameron…

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 ( sxan@midwest.social ) 
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    Thanos: it was… inevitable.

  • lemillionsocks ( lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 
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    This is absolutely horrifying. Humans are already bad enough at identifying targets and minimizing collateral damage and civilian casualties.

    How does one program a drone that can identify targets independently, while also not easy being fooled by someone disguised as a noncombatant and child? I guess in theory the drones could be more expendable than manned targets and therefore have an even more strict policy on firing on potential noncombatants(even if that is easily exploited) but I get the feeling they wont do that.

    • DarkenLM ( DarkenLM@kbin.social ) 
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      Easy: murder everyone. Which will probably be the course of action this Skynet will take.

    • Zerush ( Zerush@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      I think they are able to make it work when they manage to insert “If he wears a turban and a beard, shoot.” They have already shown that the marines often did not use other criteria either, Reuthers knows about this.

  • P1r4nha ( P1r4nha@feddit.de ) 
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    Might be more humane after all

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    A good moment for Chaos GPT

    Another article about this https://apnews.com/article/us-military-ai-projects-0773b4937801e7a0573f44b57a9a5942

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