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Autonomous weapons don't worry me. There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do. Most of these autonomous weapons are basically ju

Autonomous weapons don't worry me. There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do. Most of these autonomous weapons are basically just a different vehicle bringing the payload to the target. For example, let's say there is a bomb that can be strapped to a drone with a camera on it and guided by AI. That would be easy to evade by just staying out of the open. I'd be much more afraid of my entire city being killed by chemical weapons. Facial recognition technology will not be a huge game-changer. Most weapons don't even bother to recognize your face to determine if you're a friend or a foe, they just kill you. Real world autonomous weapons have existed for a long time. The phalanx CIWS is an example of an autonomous weapon designed in the late 60s and it is far from perfect. They tend to just start randomly spraying bullets when they get confused, and they have been involved in friendly fire incidents.

schroeding 5y ago
> There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do Yes, there is: They don't require human operators, which are a limited ressource. You can only operate so many drones at the same time until you run out of weapon operators / "pilots". You can't scale human operated weapons in the same way you can autonomous ones, can you? There is nothing stopping you from using hundreds of thousands of cheap, autonomous kamikaze drones at the same time, 24 / 7, if you have the money for it. > That would be easy to evade by just staying out of the open. How long can you stay in one building? How long could a drone (or two, with one recharging while the other is flying) circle above it? Bombing a whole city with chemical weapons, killing countless civilians would cause a major international incident, even with countries not involved in the war / conflict. Killing single individuals with "killer drones" based on AI facial recognition will probably not :/
- JoeyBananas 5y ago
  > You can't scale human operated weapons in the same way you can autonomous ones, can you? Sure you can. That's what the whole point of an army is. Instead of just having just one tank, have 500 tanks. Sure, scaling does require more manpower, but that's true even with autonomous weapons until someone invents AGI. > How long can you stay in one building? How long could a drone (or two, with one recharging while the other is flying) circle above it? Just put a ski mask on. Problem solved. There is just no way that drone swarms with facial recognition technology are ever going to be viable.
- Msw242 5y ago
  You could have one human run a mostly automated squadron. That's a huge reduction in staffing
black_puppydog 5y ago
> There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do. For me it's not so much about what they can/cannot do, but what they will/will not do.

schroeding 5y ago

> There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do Yes, there is: They don't require human operators, which are a limited ressource. You can only operate so many drones at the same time until you run out of weapon operators / "pilots". You can't scale human operated weapons in the same way you can autonomous ones, can you? There is nothing stopping you from using hundreds of thousands of cheap, autonomous kamikaze drones at the same time, 24 / 7, if you have the money for it. > That would be easy to evade by just staying out of the open. How long can you stay in one building? How long could a drone (or two, with one recharging while the other is flying) circle above it? Bombing a whole city with chemical weapons, killing countless civilians would cause a major international incident, even with countries not involved in the war / conflict. Killing single individuals with "killer drones" based on AI facial recognition will probably not :/

JoeyBananas 5y ago
> You can't scale human operated weapons in the same way you can autonomous ones, can you? Sure you can. That's what the whole point of an army is. Instead of just having just one tank, have 500 tanks. Sure, scaling does require more manpower, but that's true even with autonomous weapons until someone invents AGI. > How long can you stay in one building? How long could a drone (or two, with one recharging while the other is flying) circle above it? Just put a ski mask on. Problem solved. There is just no way that drone swarms with facial recognition technology are ever going to be viable.
Msw242 5y ago
You could have one human run a mostly automated squadron. That's a huge reduction in staffing

black_puppydog 5y ago

> There isn't anything they can do that a human controlled weapon cannot do. For me it's not so much about what they can/cannot do, but what they will/will not do.