Monday, January 10, 2022

Stop them, before someone sets them loose ...

Erudite Partner investigated some of the latest in military artificial intelligence threats. 

Here’s a scenario to consider: a military force has purchased a million cheap, disposable flying drones each the size of a deck of cards, each capable of carrying three grams of explosives — enough to kill a single person or, in a “shaped charge,” pierce a steel wall. They’ve been programmed to seek out and “engage” (kill) certain human beings, based on specific “signature” characteristics like carrying a weapon, say, or having a particular skin color. They fit in a single shipping container and can be deployed remotely. Once launched, they will fly and kill autonomously without any further human action.

Science fiction? Not really. It could happen tomorrow. The technology already exists. ...

The Rise of the Murderbots is not some dystopian fantasy. It's here and humans have choices.

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