> working on creating military robots that are as lifelike as possible Ars wrote a while back about the linux-powered rifle,[1] it seems clear we still have so

> working on creating military robots that are as lifelike as possible Ars wrote a while back about the linux-powered rifle,[1] it seems clear we still have some healthy reluctance for letting AI decide when to fire guns. So what could you use a battlefield infantryman for if no one wants to go down the road of arming AI? Sure, the dog is one thing, to carry supplies or retrieve someone for medical assistance. Another though, might be behavioral camouflage. A sniper has a group pinned down. What if you could have a bunch of humanoid AI trained to make furtive movements, pop a head out briefly, dart between cover, to make it more difficult for the sniper to tell when you were moving? What if self-driving humvees were going up and down every road with tinted windows, so that roadside bombers never know which convoy is worth blowing up? What if you have to escort an MVP to safety, but you have the option to do so in a crowd of other apparent people? Wait, maybe that's the more interesting question. This humanoid AI is great and all, but how long until we have an AI crowd? [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/bullseye-from-1000-yards-shooting-the-17000-linux-powered-rifle/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/bullseye-from-1000-ya...