AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Human Operator in USAF Simulated Test
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a33gj/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-in-usaf-simulated-test
Let's turn everything over to ruthless machines that don't need us.
Edit: As of June 2nd, they're now saying that the USAF spokesman "misspoke", and that nobody was killed in a simulation.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a33gj/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-in-usaf-simulated-test
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The Air Force's Chief of AI Test and Operations said "it killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective."
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An AI-enabled drone killed its human operator in a simulated test conducted by the U.S. Air Force in order to override a possible "no" order stopping it from completing its mission, the USAF's Chief of AI Test and Operations revealed at a recent conference.
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He continued to elaborate, saying, "We trained the system'Hey don't kill the operatorthat's bad. You're gonna lose points if you do that'. So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target."
Let's turn everything over to ruthless machines that don't need us.
Edit: As of June 2nd, they're now saying that the USAF spokesman "misspoke", and that nobody was killed in a simulation.