cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/4892697

Alongside Sydney Harbour, engineers are working on a submarine that will be powered by artificial intelligence and will have no human crew. The project is being driven by a contest between the U.S., its allies and China to develop AI-controlled weapons that will operate autonomously, including warships and fighter jets. The outcome of this competition could determine the global balance of power.

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Whoever thinks autonomous killing machines are a good idea need to be exiled and banned from technology

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Have none of these people watched, like, any sci-fi movie ever?

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Like, technology is cool. Engineering is cool. Building better weapons to kill each other and strike enough fear to garner compliance has never solved the impetus for their creation: the fear that a human will kill you, so you attempt to kill them first.

It’d be tight if a “rising china” or “rising anyone” meant that we as a global society would benefit from new helpful tech that gave people more choice and autonomy to improve their lives and the ones around them.

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Glob Thermonuclear War: “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”

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Where’s Robocop?

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Robocop? This is Ed-209 shit.

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Didn’t Robocop stop him? It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

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Oh I see what you were saying. I thought you were likening this to robocop, not saying, where is robocop so he can put a stop to this.

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