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> now they're making advanced AI to dynamically target and kill people. I'm curious, which projects are working on this? Any ones that we know about? In term
by dmix 4y ago
> now they're making advanced AI to dynamically target and kill people.
I'm curious, which projects are working on this? Any ones that we know about?
In terms of production weapons I know the newer Switchblades, Excalibur, and even Javelin do some fancy automated targeting before the terminal phase but that's not really AI beyond image recognition and the targets/specific destination are pre-selected. I'm curious what sort of applications would use autonomous targeting without overt human involvement.
- ethbr0 4y agoAir defense has had automatic targeting since the 1980s(?) due to the required reaction times. As for autonomous target/kill programs, that'd be the USAF's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program (under NGAD). It sounds like they're keeping human-in-the-loop for now by targeting a 1:many manned_stealth:drone ratio, but that will be subject to erosion as autonomous capabilities improve. And the very nature of the mission requires autonomy -- drones penetrating deep into sophisticated air defense systems using stealth and emissions control (so only line-of-sight communication links). Nobody is going to be remotely piloting these things.
- ikekkdcjkfke 4y agoYou can bet they have automatic target tracking and ballistic aiming onto those in the new abrams tank, but sending the kill command will most likely be done by operators. But it's just a small step from that to putting it on autopilot
- dmix 4y ago> But it's just a small step from that to putting it on autopilot Is it? How?