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This title is super sensationalist. Any distracted reader will think that the drone killed an actual human being, which is a lie since the claims was that it ha
by traveler01 3y ago
This title is super sensationalist. Any distracted reader will think that the drone killed an actual human being, which is a lie since the claims was that it happened in a virtual environment.
Anything for a click these days?
- flagrant_taco 3y agoFunny, this one stood out to me as less baity since they actually did include "in stimulated test" in the title
- Jarmsy 3y agoWhen the truth was even less dramatic - the events described did not occur in any computer simulation, just a human making up hypothetical scenarios.
- flagrant_taco 3y agoOne of my college CS textbooks had an anecdote in it where the Australian military once had a bug in flight training software that ended with kangaroos in the simulation pulling out AK47s and RPGs to shoot down the helicopter pilot. The story was meant to make a point about class inheritance. No idea of that ever actually happened and I assume it didn't, but it was a great thought experiment to make a point if nothing else. In this case whether its a though experiment or an actual event during one simulation, the point is important and it shines a light on real world risks if and when AI is given direct control over UAVs.