A look at the debate over autonomous weapons: 30 countries support a total ban, the US says concerns are overblown, and Russia says such weapons don't yet exist
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : Tweets: @zaknafeindc , @ghostpanther , @thekarami , @chey_cobb , @nils_gilman , @gerritd , @rachaelmyrow , @ylitvinenko , @onekade , @daankayser , @heatherkelly , and @gerritd Tweets: Zachery Tyson / @zaknafeindc : Any effort to ban autonomous weapons will be just about as effective as the medieval church's attempt to ban crossbows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Adam McKay / @ghostpanther : Whew. Thank God. No one is better at anticipating unintended consequences than the U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @thekarami : the Pentagon, which said that the Iraq war would cost $2 billion a month (they only missed it by $7.5 billion) said don't worry about AI, it's totally under control https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... CyberSec Chey / @chey_cobb : The Pentagon has gone straight into Dr Strangelove territory now. This is the most naïve and irresponsible belief in modern warfare. The public need to demand a moratorium on AI use & development in weaponry. This is insanity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nils Gilman / @nils_gilman : Demand for speed in war inexorably pushes militaries to offload decisions to machines: “We often trust computer systems; if a computer says I advise you to do this, we often trust that advice. How much is the human still involved in that decision-making?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd : Debates over using AI in weapons have raged for years, but the reality on battlefields shows that drones and missiles that can make their own decisions over who to kill are already being used https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Rachael Myrow / @rachaelmyrow : #ICYMI 30 countries now support efforts to ban lethal autonomous weapons. But not the U.S. “It may be impossible to define the category of systems to be restricted ... while not overly constraining existing U.S. military capabilities.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @GerritD Yuri Litvinenko / @ylitvinenko : An interesting claim regarding Russia, considering their minister of defense boasted about robots which “could battle on its own” as recently as this May. https://ria.ru/... https://twitter.com/... @onekade : Super comforting that Russia and the United States are united in their opposition to a ban on fully autonomous killing machines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Daan Kayser / @daankayser : I recently spoke to @GerritD @washingtonpost about increasingly autonomous weapons. “If we end up with warfare going at speeds that we as humans can't control anymore, for me that's a really scary idea.” Also with @marywareham @PeterAsaro @IngvildBode https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Heather Kelly / @heatherkelly : This seems fine https://twitter.com/... Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd : A lot of the conversation centers around high-tech militaries and futuristic AI, but cheap tech like facial recognition is already being paired with quadcopters to make flying mines that are being used in real conflicts
Any effort to ban autonomous weapons will be just about as effective as the medieval church's attempt to ban crossbows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Pentagon has gone straight into Dr Strangelove territory now. This is the most naïve and irresponsible belief in modern warfare. The public need to demand a moratorium on AI use & development in weaponry. This is insanity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Debates over using AI in weapons have raged for years, but the reality on battlefields shows that drones and missiles that can make their own decisions over who to kill are already being used https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
the Pentagon, which said that the Iraq war would cost $2 billion a month (they only missed it by $7.5 billion) said don't worry about AI, it's totally under control https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Demand for speed in war inexorably pushes militaries to offload decisions to machines: “We often trust computer systems; if a computer says I advise you to do this, we often trust that advice. How much is the human still involved in that decision-making?” https://www.washingtonpo…
#ICYMI 30 countries now support efforts to ban lethal autonomous weapons. But not the U.S. “It may be impossible to define the category of systems to be restricted ... while not overly constraining existing U.S. military capabilities.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @Ger…
An interesting claim regarding Russia, considering their minister of defense boasted about robots which “could battle on its own” as recently as this May. https://ria.ru/... https://twitter.com/...
Super comforting that Russia and the United States are united in their opposition to a ban on fully autonomous killing machines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
I recently spoke to @GerritD @washingtonpost about increasingly autonomous weapons. “If we end up with warfare going at speeds that we as humans can't control anymore, for me that's a really scary idea.” Also with @marywareham @PeterAsaro @IngvildBode https://www.washingtonpost.c…
A lot of the conversation centers around high-tech militaries and futuristic AI, but cheap tech like facial recognition is already being paired with quadcopters to make flying mines that are being used in real conflicts
The Pentagon says a ban on AI weapons isn't necessary. But missiles, guns and drones that think for themselves are already killing people in combat, and have been for years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...