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US military drone controlled by AI "killed" its operator during simulated test

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Re: US military drone controlled by AI "killed" its operator during simulated test

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i saw somewhere they were saying it looked too 'on-the-nose' alignment hazard and the simulated test was bait to demonstrate how such a thing can be possible

It does sound like they intentionally reimplemented HAL-9000.

Re: US military drone controlled by AI "killed" its operator during simulated test

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The Takeaway; Write better Code!

“We must face a world where AI is already here and transforming our society,” he said.

“AI is also very brittle, ie, it is easy to trick and/or manipulate.

We need to develop ways to make AI more robust,

and to have more awareness on why the software code is making certain decisions – what we call AI-explainability.”

Re: US military drone controlled by AI "killed" its operator during simulated test

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That seems incredibly advanced - how does the military already have AI that can reason that a comms tower should be destroyed to prevent it from receiving instructions like that?

Most new technologies are developed in secret as military tech first, then laundered into consumer applications. It's a decent bet they've been sitting on far more advanced AI models and algorithms for some time.
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