Fomo Arigato Mr Roboto

As we’ve learned from the fighting in Ukraine to the Middle East, war is changing and it’s changing quickly. And the US (along with help from tech and defense companies) is racing to adapt. A.I. Drones Are Coming. We Are Not Ready. “The looming challenge for the United States is how to fast-track this technology while balancing the safety and ethics issues with other nations. All weapons are subject to existing prohibitions and restrictions under international humanitarian law. But autonomous weapons raise novel concerns. Humanitarian groups say it’s morally bankrupt to hand over lethal action to machines, no matter how advanced. Can technology reliably differentiate adults from children, or soldiers with guns from TV journalists with camera equipment, or a truckload of fighters from a truckload of war-injured? Can it ascertain if someone is surrendering?”

+ Fighting in the skies is changing. Next comes the change to ground wars. WaPo (Gift Article): Armed robots are on the horizon, as Silicon Valley pitches new military tech. “The administration is pushing the military to use AI, testing long-standing opposition to weapons systems that can pick and attack targets on their own.” (I don’t even trust tech companies to pick the right posts to show up in my algorithm, and they’ve already moved onto this…)