Robotic Armies - AI, Drone Warfare and the Future of Combat

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What will future military combat look like? Do you think it will be fought with humans, robots or a combination of the two? In this article we will explore this topic in detail. In a technological army, the use of different technologies such as AI, drones, robotics and advanced assault vehicles will most likely be integrated seamlessly into a smooth and efficient battle strategy which leaves no stone untouched.

Several interesting statements were made in an article I recently came across while browsing the web. It was published by the Economic Times and entitled 'Why is mankind scared of the robot army' and I'd like to share some of this content with you and highlight a few of its key points.

According to the article, earlier this month, over 100 of the world's top robotics and artificial intelligence researchers wrote an open letter to the United Nations calling for a ban on the development of killer robots, or the use of artificial intelligence gadgets in warfare.

While the vision all this conjures is of machines so smart and lethal that humans are no match for them, many scientists are in fact worried that robots may prove to be grievously stupid for such a role...

The third revolution in warfare is a term typically used to describe the addition of AI in combat and military applications.

AI-aided warfare may lead to unmanned tanks and drones that can spot an insurgent in a crowd of civilians. These weapons are controlled by computerised 'brains' that learn like we do.

This is something that scientists are clearly worried about... Is anyone reminded of the popular film 'Terminator' and the AI intelligence called 'Skynet' that eventually declared war on humans?

Another disturbingly interesting technology being developed is referred to as a 'neural net' combat module. This fully automated killing machine can assess the viability of targets, make combat decisions and then act upon them using deadly force.

Russian armsmaker Kalashnikov has developed a 'neural net' combat module — a 7.62mm machine gun with a camera attached to a computer system. Makers claim it can make its own targeting judgements without human control.

Could this be one of the technologies that prompted scientists to join forces and ask the UN for more regulation around combat applications of AI and robotics?

The picture above is another example of a 'neural net' which may be suitable for some combat applications. The neural net is a form of AI, here's a good description of some of its features below:

It's a network designed to learn from previous examples and then adapt to circumstances it may not have encountered before. In contrast, conventional computers use preprogrammed instructions to tackle a specific but limited range of predictable possibilities.

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Clearly the future is much closer than we may think it is. There is no doubt in my mind some of the technologies you have seen above will have moved well beyond testing and will be fully deployed in less than a decade. This will change the playing field of warfare as we know it and scientists know it as well. Do you think this formal letter to the UN will result in changes being made? If so, what types of regulations or rules do you think will be made and more importantly, will anyone follow them?

Please leave your thoughts and feedback below.

Thanks for reading!

Source:

Why is mankind scared of the robot army - The Economic Times

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Great Post my friend!
As Putin said: The nation that leads AI will be the ruler of the world.
If interested, check-it out ;).
https://steemit.com/ai/@vlemon/the-nation-that-leads-ai-will-be-the-ruler-of-the-world

Think for a second what the world and our species could be, if we got over this war thing that's been the "solution to our problems" for thousands of years (how ironic). The human mind needs to evolve not our technology, technology is way past most minds at the moment. So much ignorance and lack of consciousness, is leading to misery not only for humans but to all species on this planet. Think what greatness we could accomplish if all the scientists and politicians basically everyone, put there mind , money , efforts , life , into things that are productive instead of destructive. Like medical research , space exploration and so much more. I truly think we are here to do great things and that's not killing each other so the 1% can run off with the resources and money whilst we kill each other. We need to evolve, because bombs will never be the answer it never has been, love , tolerance, no borders, all one as a human race in symbiosis with nature and its rules.
the planets future and ours depends on this evolution of the mind.
it starts with us inside, tell me, why do we have borders who made them for what and why ? why are you English and he is Spanish why not just humans because when you say i am English it separates you from the Spanish person making him something different , but he is not, we are all the same "humans" and separation is not a good thing. Anyway i will stop now, or i will go on for hours :)

Peace.

Not just terminator, we can very well see mechs enter the battlefield in a next-gen sluggest between superpowers. Maybe not like gundam wing or liger zero but there are exosuits both large and small scale that civillian engineers are building and experimenting with... DARPA is already fielding both manned and unmanned robotics (remember the SR-71 blackbird wasnt made public for 20 years after its inception) but I dont think they'll be cost effective unless we get into a conventional-war scenario, that tech is too valuable to risk losing it in an asymetrical conflict.

Although government is already doing research on this type of weapons, I dont think that this will ever be used in real war because drones like the ones used by the USA are much more effiecient.

But the point of all this is, that not the majority of countries are against war. We are a socialised society and except Russia there is not country fighting to claim territory.

Bans won't stop governments from hiding the research/construction of it. It is something to be feared when the AI is much more capable of learning more than just what it is aimed at learning and mastering.

Haha so the terminator movies were right all along!

I really like your posts, maybe I'm interested in your post, I wait for your next posting @techblogger

I believe that robots and A.I are going to be an essential part of the future warfare. They are being used and developed more and more every day, so it's not just a thing of the future, it's the reality right now.

What's scarier than these robots/A.I, are the people that are going to use them. Even though we live the most peaceful times ever in history, we are still too violent to globally use this kind of technology for greater good.

There are people that try to develop this technology purely for their own selfish interests no matter what, we just need to come together as a human race to try to prevent this from turning into the worst possible scenario.

i really hope not, energy and resources need to be invested in growth not destructions and lies