A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties
Eh. I see this as an “flying landmine,” not an existential Terminator kind of thing.
A computer is not making a “decision” to kill. Its a machine. It’s bomb exploding when triggered, just with extra steps of flying to a specific spot.
It’s morally problematic. Like landmines.
But I think people are falsly attributing anything resembling sentience to this system, like they do with conversation-trained LLMs. Humans made the “decision” way ahead of time, just like when they set up land mines or perform a bombing run.
Eh. I see this as an “flying landmine,” not an existential Terminator kind of thing.
A computer is not making a “decision” to kill. Its a machine. It’s bomb exploding when triggered, just with extra steps of flying to a specific spot.
It’s morally problematic. Like landmines.
But I think people are falsly attributing anything resembling sentience to this system, like they do with conversation-trained LLMs. Humans made the “decision” way ahead of time, just like when they set up land mines or perform a bombing run.