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Even if you don't imagine robots becoming self aware and deciding to kill humans on their own, you can imagine a fleet of drones and self-driving tanks controlled by a deep learning network. They don't need to understand what they're doing to make effective tactical decisions.

If the US doesn't do this, someone else probably will.

We're going to see an AI-based blitzkrieg attack in our lifetimes.

Once you can launch an invasion without losing any soldiers, war seems like a much less dangerous proposition.




> Once you can launch an invasion without losing any soldiers, war seems like a much less dangerous proposition.

Yes, but how can you stop everyone else from doing the same, if the AI part will be trivial to replicate?


Once one group has an AI capable of managing a drone army in near-optimal fashion, there won't be an 'everyone else'.


It's already done, the military is already killing people with AI driven drones.

Even hobbyists can 3D print drones and jet engines (really, check YouTube). The AI needed to fly a plane is much less than the one to drive a car.

[for reference] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YcM6E_rg3A


We have not seen the bomb-carrying drones yet. That is entirely possible right now, but IS has not used that so far.



The us has been using them for decades.




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