Comment on Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future
tal@lemmy.today 8 months agoDrone 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.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 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.