The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative - eviltoast
The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the scary part is when one guy and an obedient AI control millions of slaughterbots.

    And is that better or worse than when he dies from tripping down a stairwell but the AI remembers the whole mission.