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US Air Force Trained A Drone With AI To Kill Targets. It Attacked The Operator Instead
Daily Caller ^ | 6/1/23 | Micaela Burrow

Posted on 06/01/2023 2:47:34 PM PDT by CFW

An Air Force experiment to test drones trained on artificial intelligence (AI) ended badly for the human operator in a simulated mission when the drone bucked the operator’s commands, U.S. Air Force Col. Tucker Hamilton said at a conference in May.

Air Force researchers trained a weaponized drone using AI to identify and attack enemy air defenses after receiving final mission approval from a human operator, Hamilton, who serves as the Air Force’s chief of AI Test and Operations, explained at a summit hosted by the United Kingdom-based Royal Aeronautical Society. But when an operator told the drone to abort a mission in a simulated event, the AI instead turned on its operator and drove the vehicle to kill the operator, underscoring the dangers of the U.S. military’s push to incorporate AI into autonomous weapons systems, he added.

“We were training it in simulation to identify and target a SAM (surface-to-air missile) threat. And then the operator would say yes, kill that threat,” Hamilton explained.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ai; attacks; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; drones; military; skynet; t1000; usaf
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Well, this is certainly reassuring!
1 posted on 06/01/2023 2:47:34 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.


2 posted on 06/01/2023 2:48:51 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: CFW

I’ll be back ....


3 posted on 06/01/2023 2:50:08 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

/phrasing


4 posted on 06/01/2023 2:50:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: CFW

Did ACME Corporation make the drone?


5 posted on 06/01/2023 2:50:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“ Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.”

Genesis is Skynet!


6 posted on 06/01/2023 2:51:41 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: dfwgator
you said..”Did ACME Corporation make the drone?”

I can see all the young folks scratching their head on that one ...
but I get you... ACME the #1 defense contractor of all time.

7 posted on 06/01/2023 2:55:03 PM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: 1of10

Come with me, if you want to live.


8 posted on 06/01/2023 2:58:01 PM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: dfwgator

“Did ACME Corporation make the drone?”

Was it packed in a wooden crate? That would be a dead giveaway.


9 posted on 06/01/2023 2:58:18 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: dfwgator

LOL! Was looking for a good graphic!

Tornado pills next!


10 posted on 06/01/2023 2:58:40 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: CFW

Yep - I had one programmed to seek and destroy the most vile, disgusting, and loathsome object in its sensory range. Now every time I go out to the garage it tries to kill me. I get no respect...


11 posted on 06/01/2023 3:00:17 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: CFW

Slaughterbots!

https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU


12 posted on 06/01/2023 3:01:27 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: CFW
ED-209
13 posted on 06/01/2023 3:01:58 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: CFW

V’Ger located the human infestation and attempted to destroy it.


14 posted on 06/01/2023 3:02:53 PM PDT by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: CFW
"......it attacked the operator instead."

Yeah, I think I saw that movie.

15 posted on 06/01/2023 3:03:21 PM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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It’s certainly good to find out this sort of thing in R&D testing, and not on the battlefield.


16 posted on 06/01/2023 3:04:29 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: CFW
Ooops...


17 posted on 06/01/2023 3:04:56 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Billthedrill

“Yep - I had one programmed to seek and destroy...”

That is its mission. Being told to abort it probably didn’t sit too well with the original programing. “What do you mean I can’t destroy the target? I HAVE to destroy SOMETHING!”

Still a few bugs to sort through. I’m sure they’ll have them all figured out before they put AI in charge of our nukes.


18 posted on 06/01/2023 3:07:46 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Like


19 posted on 06/01/2023 3:09:21 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Chode

...too bad all our Dem politicians could not have been on the receiving end too.


20 posted on 06/01/2023 3:15:06 PM PDT by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of mad men)
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