Commentary raises ethical concerns about autonomous weapons and AI-driven targeting defaults
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A critical commentary questioning the labeling of precision-guided munitions as 'autonomous systems' when they rely on real-time communication links to AI in data centers. The author argues that the default target set for such systems should be 'No Humans' (civilians, soldiers, or enemy combatants), with exceptions explicitly made in rules of engagement. The piece expresses concern that leading AI developers (like Musk) might set the default to 'All Humans', reflecting deep unease about the ethical direction of military AI development.
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· 3 pulledNot sure that state-of-the-art precision guided munitions and weapon systems can be described as 'autonomous systems' if they rely on a real-time comms link to an #AI in some data centre somewhere in the CONUS
We would like it to be 'No Humans' (be they civilians, our soldiers or enemy combatants); a list to which exceptions must be made explicitly in the machines' #ROE
When one thinks of the leading lights in #AI development (Musk et al), one worries the default target set factory settings will be 'All Humans'
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