US Air Force Trained A Drone With AI To Kill Targets. It Attacked The Operator Instead
(dailycaller.com)
🧠 These people are stupid!
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Why I am skeptical of automated anything. Back in the 1980s, there was an automatic anti-aircraft gun system being developed: DIVAD (Division Air Defense), or the M247 "Sergeant York." It consisted of radar-directed twin Bofors 40mm cannons. At a demonstration test, a unit was situated on the pad in front of bleachers filled with onlookers. It was oriented toward the sector in which the simulated target was to be engaged with live ammunition. When the flag when up, the turret swiveled to face the bleachers and let loose with a burst over the heads of the spectators. The test was shut down immediately. Post-op analysis discovered that the Doppler radar had targeted the ventilation fans in the restrooms underneath the bleachers.
It's not enough for automation to be a good idea. It has to be made bulletproof.
There is no such thing as "bulletproof"/"perfection".
Therefore, this needs to be left on the drawing board.
Oh, there can be, but it isn't easy. That's the standard for weapon design. At least so far as human thought can make it.
And you should know, being the DeathRayDesigner.
I will bow to your expertise.
Thank you for your insight.