Today’s military drones allow human personnel to carry out vital missions, often from tens to even thousands of miles away. An iconic example involves airmen sitting in air conditioned, virtual cockpits at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada while controlling armed MQ-9 Reaper drones half a world away. The rise of artificial intelligence allows these drones to be more autonomous—capable of making limited decisions about navigation and route-planning. We live in an age when AI-powered self-driving cars read signs and drive, making critical decisions that could injure or kill the humans around them. Giving robots the ability to make life or death decisions on the battlefield doesn’t really seem all that far behind.
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