George W. Bush and Barack Obama both use flying robots with missiles to hunt down and kill people they don't like. This is a very good point. It's always good

George W. Bush and Barack Obama both use flying robots with missiles to hunt down and kill people they don't like. This is a very good point. It's always good to be reminded that we're already living in the future. That said, I feel like aothman is discussing real artificial intelligence, that is, an entity capable of making a conscious decision that it wants to, in this case, fire the missiles. If I had to guess, if predator drones gain the ability to "decide" for themselves whether or not to fire their missiles, it will be built on a system of complex rules, and not because they're "intelligent". Potayto, Potahto? Maybe. I'm not an AI researcher and I don't even come close to understanding human intelligence, but I feel like even if it is just a complex system of rules, it's at a much deeper level than we'll be able to simulate soon.