AI News AI for War --Dream or Reality?

[Graybeard]

AI could be utilized in war making decisions, in the field, without human intervention when feasible; or, is this a recipe for disaster --even if possibly enabling an "end of the world" scenario?

Palantir Demos AI to Fight Wars But Says It Will Be Totally Ethical Don’t Worry About It

The company says its Artificial Intelligence Platform will integrate AI into military decision making in a legal and ethical way.

www.vice.com

>>>" In Palantir’s scenario, a “military operator responsible for monitoring activity within eastern Europe” receives an alert from AIP that an enemy is amassing military equipment near friendly forces. The operator then asks the chatbot to show them more details, gets a little more information, and then asks the AI to guess what the units might be.

“They ask what enemy units are in the region and leverage AI to build out a likely unit formation,” the video said. After getting the AI’s best guess as to what’s going on, the operator then asks the AI to take better pictures. It launches a Reaper MQ-9 drone to take photos and the operator discovers that there’s a T-80 tank, a Soviet-era Russia vehicle, near friendly forces.

Then the operator asks the robots what to do about it. “The operator uses AIP to generate three possible courses of action to target this enemy equipment,” the video said. “Next they use AIP to automatically send these options up the chain of command.” The options include attacking the tank with an F-16, long range artillery, or Javelin missiles. According to the video, the AI will even let everyone know if nearby troops have enough Javelins to conduct the mission and automate the jamming systems.

Palantir’s pitch is, of course, incredibly dangerous and weird. While there is a “human in the loop” in the AIP demo, they seem to do little more than ask the chatbot what to do and then approve its actions. "<<<

AI could be utilized in war. However, AI hair trigger response of hostile activity ...

 

[AI Tool Directory]

Our bet is it is already happening.

 

[Graybeard]

There is "as presented Public AI" and there is probably "D.A.R.P.A. AI" that is withheld from public review and scrutiny.

 

[T J Tutor]

there is probably "D.A.R.P.A. AI"

This has likely been the case long before any public form of the AI interfaces were provided or and before any substantive public discussions.

 

[Graybeard]

Guess what? --today:

In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots

Washington and Beijing are in a contest to develop AI-controlled weapons that will operate autonomously. The outcome could decide the global balance of power.

www.reuters.com

``Some leading military strategists say AI will herald a turning point in military power as dramatic as the introduction of nuclear weapons. Others warn of profound dangers if AI-driven robots begin making lethal decisions independently, and have called for a pause in AI research until agreement is reached on regulation related to the military application of AI.
Despite such misgivings, both sides are scrambling to field uncrewed machines that will exploit AI to operate autonomously: subs, warships, fighter jets, swarming aerial drones and ground combat vehicles.``

This used to be a joke

 

[Graybeard]

The logical countermeasure is to develop an EMP weapon that is directional --towards disabling the electronic tracking and command systems in these "war drones" to disable them. An electronc shotgun defense against drone swarms.