Swarms of AI “killer robots” are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should::Commentary: Are we sure AI-guided weapons systems will obey human commands?

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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      8 months ago

      Not sure how it’s in India, but in mine the farmers blocked the roads to our capital and burned tires. That’s not what I call peaceful.

      • Obinice@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Sounds peaceful to me, unless they’re rioting, looting, attacking/murdering people? Have they even shot at anyone yet or taken hostages?

        If they have to block a few roads and burn a few bits of rubber to get the attention of their (supposed, I can’t comment) oppressors, that seems quite peaceful.

        I know to us it seems a little extreme yes, but on the scale of what’s peaceful and what isn’t, I’d say a bit of minor inconvenience in road travel and some burning tyres is pretty peaceful <3

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    8 months ago

    I want to write their next article: “If bad things happen, that will be bad. How this will affect you and why you should worry.”

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      8 months ago

      It’s salon, the bar to write for them is almost on the floor. Just make it absurdly obviously left wing. Facts aren’t required.

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Everyone’s thinking of drones dropping bombs, but they aren’t thinking of the true horror; kamikaze micro drones. It doesn’t take much to kill someone, and micro drones can be wicked fast. Imagine a swarm of drones the size of a finch or smaller, each carrying a tiny explosive. Imagine these drones flying next to people’s heads and detonating themselves. You could clear out a whole building with very little structural damage.

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    8 months ago

    It’s okay, killbots have a preset kill limit. Just send wave after wave of human soldiers at them until they shut down.

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    8 months ago

    It’s already here. I realized that the moment I saw a Ukrainian suicide drone chasing two Russians on a motorcycle who were trying to out run it. They didn’t make it, but it definitely felt like something out of a dystopian Hollywood movie.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah no unmanned vehicles fly that well. And it’s extremely illegal but idk if that really stops anyone. It did work for some types of ammunition though, and biological warfare? So maybe?

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    8 months ago

    Wouldn’t this mean that eventually warfare would just be drone on drone combat then? I’d prefer that over lives lost. But it does mean absolute mayhem before everyone is on a level playing field though.

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          8 months ago

          Your last sentence implies that everyone can be on a level playing field, which is just not the truth though. Think about rebel groups. They might use the odd drones here and there, especially with another state benefactor, but they’ll inherently have to use human resources over robotic ones due to the lack of infrastructure, funding and potentially even knowledge required to produce those things. This might sound okay at first glance when we think of true terrorists like the IS and others. But what happens when the state actors become the villain and the terrorists actual freedom fighters? Especially given our current climate of rising authoritarianism within the west. Then combine AI killer swarms with AI mass surveillance and it is pretty much impossible to root out said evil again.

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            8 months ago

            If you want to get dark eventually only the evil will survive and the various evils (if multiple) will then duke it out via drone on drone

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      8 months ago

      Yes, just drone on drone warfare once humanity has been fully eradicated.