#drones #AI"Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first timeA senior figure in the Ukrainian defenc...

#drones #AI"Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first timeA senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualtiesFully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare.The one-off test involved 10 AI-controlled 'Terminator' drones on the front line of the Ukraine war. Russian soldiers were killed.(. . .)The use of AI is common in militaries around the world, helping to pick targets among overwhelming piles of intelligence data and automating certain functions of weapons, but humans are always in the loop at some point. Kokhanovskyy’s admission is the most categorical evidence yet that a death has occurred in battle solely at the hands of AI."https://www.n...

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