Concerns Grow Over Unpredictable Behaviors of Autonomous Weapons
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Killer robots and autonomous weapons systems that can operate without human control are already being developed and deployed in limited ways. There are debates around banning them entirely.
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These weapons may eventually be able to communicate and coordinate with each other without human oversight. This could lead to unpredictable and dangerous battlefield behaviors.
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The US military is funding things like Project Mosaic and Project Replicator to develop the algorithms and technologies to coordinate swarms of autonomous weapons.
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No one knows how such AI swarm systems might behave on their own. They could continue fighting beyond programmed limits or turn on friendly forces.
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Even advocates for these weapons warn of unintended consequences from their autonomous behaviors. Without care, humanity could face an existential threat from thinking machines designed to kill.