Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology trend that could soon bring the world’s first fully autonomous fighting robots to the battlefield, inaugurating a new age of warfare.

  Fully-autonomous robots that kill without a human in the loop have been around for quite a while. They just aren’t as pervasive or visible as they could be.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS

  The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.

  The only inputs required for operation are 440 V AC three-phase electric power at 60 Hz and water (for electronics cooling). 

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot

  Patriot was one of the first tactical systems in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to employ lethal autonomy in combat. 

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  • KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not that it’s morally corrupt, it’s that it’s just way too big risk to set these killing missions to an automated task.

    But it’s also morally corrupt.

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