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Military application of AI drones isn't even the worst possible use, it's nations using them to completely subjugate their own population(although the same tech
by ren_engineer 3y ago
Military application of AI drones isn't even the worst possible use, it's nations using them to completely subjugate their own population(although the same tech could be used against non-peer nations). Combination of things like Gorgon Stare to direct smaller AI controlled drones like what they are using in Ukraine would be a police state nightmare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon_Stare
https://longreads.com/2019/06/21/nothing-kept-me-up-at-night-the-way-the-gorgon-stare-did/ https://longreads.com/2019/06/21/nothing-kept-me-up-at-night...
they can surveil an entire city in real-time with this and track where everybody is and who they are meeting with. No form of protest or movement against the government will be possible if it's scaled up
- bluetwo 3y agoAt a music festival last summer I counted 4 drones in the sky monitoring 24/7 over 5 days. Never saw them come down. They were each tethered to a base station which seemed to run electric and probably returned a video feed. I expect to see this everywhere.
- senbrow 3y agoWhich festival? And where?
- heavyset_go 3y agoThe last few years has had the police flying drones over events where I am. Think like fairs, parades, etc.
- l3mure 3y agoYup. [1] > Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US [2] > For instance, using Gorgon Stare, a 24-hour aerial surveillance system, the U.S. Air Force had been able to plot back from a car bomb explosion in Kabul in 2019, which killed 126 civilians, to find the location of safe houses used to execute the attack. [1] - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-bal... [2] - https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/ai-at-war/ https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/ai-at-war/
- trinsic2 3y agoIF we can already see the remnants of what is to come, its probably already in motion behind the scenes somewhere.
- roody15 3y agoThis is exactly the direction we are headed. "they can surveil an entire city in real-time with this and track where everybody is and who they are meeting with. No form of protest or movement against the government will be possible if it's scaled up"
- ActorNightly 3y ago... except if ordinary citizens have access to offline versions of advanced AI to use. Prompt: Give me plans for an anti drone weapon that I can use without being detected. This is why AI development needs to be accelerated, not put on hold. Companies can and will continue research because that is where the money is. If everyone else is scared of the hypothetical sentient AI boogeyman, then ordinary people will get left in the dark.
- yboris 3y agoAre you excited that an AI could, in the future you describe, spit out correct instructions for creating a more-dangerous virus than COVID to anyone who asks?
- vanviegen 3y agoThat is indeed scary, bit I think you missed GP's point (if I understand correctly): ai-powered military robots will kill us all, as we won't be able to contain them. Police states look benign in comparison, don't you think?