News Ukraine war fuels rise of killer AI robots — report details rapid evolution using consumer drones and Raspberry Pi

[Admin]

The era of killer AI robots may be closer than we think, thanks to autonomous weapons being developed in Ukraine.

Ukraine war fuels rise of killer AI robots — report details rapid evolution using consumer drones and Raspberry Pi : Read more

 

[hotaru251]

luckily for it the singularity will have all the drones it needs to take over world as soon as it happens.

 

[CmdrShepard]

It's easy to stop the wars -- just vote all warmongering politicians out of the office.

(That'd be like all of them?)

 

[derekullo]

Trained to destroy apples with extreme prejudice!

 

[USAFRet]

It's easy to stop the wars -- just vote all warmongering politicians out of the office.

(That'd be like all of them?)

Sigh.....

I was going to try to preempt any political junk in this.

But the 2nd comment in, usurped me.


So....No more political junk.
Please?

 

[KnightShadey]

Sigh.....
I was going to try to preempt any political junk in this.
But the 2nd comment in..

Oh sure.... take the side of Skynet... or you meant 2nd reply in. 🤔😉🙃😜

I'm on the fence on the debate of robots killing people, if it can better determine combatant vs non-combatant, then I'd say that's an improvement over the classical method. 💀

It is true that over time, IN GENERAL, collateral damage / non-combatant deaths have been a lower percentage from generation to generation, but that has also come about from computer assisted devices like guidance systems, smart bombs, drones, etc. The idea that a human is on the other end doesn't really change the result for the target. However if it is possible to be more precise and also put fewer people at general risk [targeted drone vs artillery and spray&pray unguided rockets/missiles from helis/trucks], then is the tradeoff worthwhile?

It's definitely far superior to A,B,C weaponry, which is much worse than Ai IMO. ☢️☣️📛
So if you don't completely ban the former, then the latter is fair game, even if they all pose existential threats. ☠️
Just don't give the latter control of the former, keep it conventional. 🧐

 

[ivan_vy]

potential hacking or AI going rogue is a major concern.
Imagine a battlefield with machines in eternal warfare and humans living in basements.

 

[gamerk316]

potential hacking or AI going rogue is a major concern.
Imagine a battlefield with machines in eternal warfare and humans living in basements.

Which isn't too large a concern when you remember they're limited by both ammunition and the ability to stay operational for more then a few hours due to fuel/battery constraints.

Now, put AI in charge of ammo/fuel production, or start slapping fission reactors on them, *then* you can be concerned. Right now, all we'd really need to do is hide in a basement for 12 hours or so and wait for them to die out.

 

[ivan_vy]

Which isn't too large a concern when you remember they're limited by both ammunition and the ability to stay operational for more then a few hours due to fuel/battery constraints.

Now, put AI in charge of ammo/fuel production, or start slapping fission reactors on them, *then* you can be concerned. Right now, all we'd really need to do is hide in a basement for 12 hours or so and wait for them to die out.

solar powered, battery backed, connected to the grid, replenish energy by another drone...who's wanna go out and check how many rounds are still in the chamber?
how long can we wait? food and water might run out faster than fuel.

 

[abufrejoval]

I agree that this war will be seen as a watershed in terms of how wars were fought before and after.

There is so much more in any smartphone today than what a cruise missle needed, and at the same time there is just no way to protect against phones being upgraded an explosive payload.

And then there is just so much potential in war for all that IoT technology, that never made any sense for consumers.

Thousands of engineers who really wanted to create cool gadgets now unknowingly, unwillingly but also bolstered by rather serving from the labs than from the trenches are building killing machines that will be near impossible to put back into the bottle.

And it's not just the computing side of things, similar things happen with propulsion, 3D printing etc. Weaponsisation is hitting all fronts!