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In a warzone, AI is a big factor. GPS and control signal jamming have proven to be somewhat effective countermeasures. But what happens when the drone is navig
by _ea1k 3y ago
In a warzone, AI is a big factor. GPS and control signal jamming have proven to be somewhat effective countermeasures.
But what happens when the drone is navigating with a camera and selecting its own target based upon training?
- 01100011 3y agoI'm not worried about battlefields in the "stabby the robot" scenario. I'm worried about unprepared civilians being exsanguinated en masse by a fleet of drones. The scary scenario as far as I'm concerned, is mass genocide based on some characteristic. 10k drones wiping out 100k civilians who are identifiable based on location, skin color, clothing or some other measure. It's a scenario that has seemed vaguely plausible to me for several years now. I refer to it as "stabby the robot" because drones wielding blades or other means of exsanguination do not run out of ammo and have little limitations on how much they can achieve their goals(other than powering themselves).
- _ea1k 3y agoExactly, and imagine them in the hands of terrorists. Some pretty awful outcomes are becoming possible.
- m4rtink 3y agoSimple drone that goes boom on contact seems much easier to build that one that can repeatedly attack with a melee weapon.
- 01100011 3y agoRight but the melee weapon can potentially disable 10x as many targets as one that explodes.
- throwway120385 3y agoUse another AI system to strobe a laser at the cameras of all the drones in the area and see if you can overwhelm their optics.
- _ea1k 3y agoIf you can accurately strobe it with a laser, why not use the same targeting system to shoot it down? But good systems like that with sufficient capacity won't be cheap. And they'd be prime targets for artillery during an offensive operation. Then again, from watching the publicly available videos, it seems like these drones have been most useful for defensive operations on the battlefield.
- newcool1230 3y ago> If you can accurately strobe it with a laser, why not use the same targeting system to shoot it down? There will always be a chance that the targeting system misses so strobbing a laser (or bidirectional jamming) will minimize the risk of damaging the surrounding area (people, animals, etc.) vs shooting it down with bullets/nets.
- throwway120385 3y agoAlso a laser that emits enough light to blind a sensor may not be classified as a munition, whereas something that emits projectiles is almost always classified as a munition.
- CapstanRoller 3y agoOr just install some cheap steel cable mesh awnings...
- cheald 3y agoDazzle camo and decoys seem like the obvious answer, and anything flying is still gonna have to contend with AA weapons platforms. It doesn't seem like it would be the hardest problem in the world to honeypot an autonomous drone into a kill box.
- _ea1k 3y agoThose sound like captchas for drones to me. We've already started to see that bots can defeat some of those better than humans can. Decoys are likely the best answer, but not necessarily practical for offensive operations. And given the low cost of drones, likely limited in usefulness anyway.