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> we will only see their results when smart missiles start raining on our heads. I'll remember to say that whenever anyone wants to apply any law or regulation

• inglor_cz 2y ago
  Laws and regulations have downsides, too. And if you locally regulate some dual-use tech out of existence, it is well possible that you may lose a subsequent war. In this particular instance, we are talking about AI analyzing pictures, and looking at the Russo-Ukrainian war which is developing into a massive drone-fest, you cannot ignore the military ramifications thereof. It is possible to jam a remotely controlled drone, it would be much harder to neutralize a drone that is capable of detecting targets reliably on its own.
  • staunton 2y ago
    > a drone that is capable of detecting targets reliably on its own Yes, I guess in the future a lot pf people will be killed by autonomous swarms of drones that just don't like the way they look, sometimes malfunction, give plausible deniability for war crimes, etc... ("who knows what the drones did, there was no communication. Also, the drones cannot possibly kill anyone who isn't a terrorist. Also, surely it was the drones of the other side.) That's actually a great example for something I'd like to be banned. It would require international cooperation and arms control agreements, which unfortunately currently doesn't seem likely to happen.
    • inglor_cz 2y ago
      Nope, the required amount of mutual trust among nations would be unrealistically high.