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The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing their argument is that if they don't do it first, China will. And they're probably right, unfortunately. I don't see a way around a future with AI weapons platforms if technology continues to progress.

[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We could at least make it a war crime.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't seem to have stopped anyone.

[–] Strobelt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Basically it's just war with additional taxes and marketing needes