Frank Kendall III, the 75 year-old secretary of the Air Force took an hour-long spin in a DARPA-modified F-16 Vista fighter jet that was controlled entirely by artificial intelligence. Flying at speeds of 550 mph and with forces of 5 Gs, the plane engaged in simulated combat with an F-16 flown by a pilot.
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Mr. Kendall, DARPA and the rest of the military community are enthusiastic about the possibility of sending swarms of unmanned war planes against similar wings that are sure to be part of the Chinese repertoire.
Others have reservations:
“There are widespread and serious concerns about ceding life-and-death decisions to sensors and software,” the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned. Autonomous weapons “are an immediate cause of concern and demand an urgent, international political response.”
Kendall said there will always be human oversight in the system when weapons are used.
In fact, in a democratic society the use of AI in any manner should be determined by a majority of the people, not military and scientific technocrats. With their fantastic budgets, the military will always be the beneficiary of newer destructive scientific discoveries.
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