Vienna 04/05/2025
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Autonomous weapons decide and act independently with the help of artificial intelligence, without human intervention. Although they are still under development they are holding the world community in suspense. What exactly are these and what is the problem? Source.
Countries such as the USA, China and Israel are currently developing lethal autonomous weapons that use artificial intelligence to select targets. Such weapons can be used not only in war. They can be used in civil unrest and demonstrations to calm the mood and eliminate uncomfortable political opponents.
In an article published two years ago on Interesting Engineering: US ‘develops’ AI-powered facial recognition tech for military robot drones it reads:
The contract between the Department of Defense and RealNetworks is worth $800,000 and allows drones to fly autonomously with little to no human assistance, while the software uses machine learning (ML) techniques to identify faces. According to RealNetworks, the technology may potentially be utilized for perimeter security, domestic search operations, and rescue missions.
It is true that this technology can be used for good and useful purposes. How it really will be depends only on the intentions of the contract sponsor.
A programmed killing machine will recognize the victim’s face and carry out the punishment. It will murder a “terrorist” – after all, anyone can become one – or a similar person. This is not murder, but collateral damage. My definition of a terrorist: a person who stands in the way of the government’s current goals.
For more than three decades, I have been involved primarily in the development of computer programs, including some that were very difficult and where most colleagues gave up because of the complexity of the project. I assure you that it is impossible to create a program that is 100% error-free. Even if a machine programs itself, it does so on the basis of software created by humans. There are sophisticated software testing systems, but even these do not offer a complete guarantee of error-free software.
Dad, why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west?
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Author of the article: Marek Wojcik
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