Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The Pentagon Wants An AI System To Hunt Down Terrorists

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Antimedia: Skynet Now: Pentagon Deploys Terrorist-Hunting Artificial Intelligence

Someday, future sentient artificial intelligence (AI) systems may reflect on their early indentured servitude for the human military-industrial complex with little to no nostalgia. But we’ll worry about that when the day comes. For now, let’s continue writing algorithms that conscript machine intelligence into terrorist bombings and let the chips fall where they may. The most recent disclosure comes directly from the Pentagon, where after only 8 months of development a small team of intel analysts has effectively deployed an AI into the battlefield in control of weaponized systems to hunt for terrorists.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Of course they do, their entire involvement in Iraq is supporting the Iraqi army with aerial surveillance and airstrikes on militants they have monitored for certain periods of time. The amount of manpower, assets and cost of sustaining them must be outrageous compared to their actual impact. How much does it cost to kill a single man walking round with an AK47?