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Google promises ethical principles to guide development of military AI
Google is drawing up a set of guidelines that will steer its involvement in developing AI tools for the military, according to a report from The New York Times. What exactly these guidelines will stipulate isn't clear, but Google says they will include a ban on the use of artificial intelligence in weaponry. The principles are expected to be announced in full in the coming weeks. They are a response to the controversy over the company's decision to develop AI tools for the Pentagon that analyze drone surveillance footage.
[...] But the question facing these employees (and Google itself) is: where do you draw the line? Does using machine learning to analyze surveillance footage for the military count as "weaponized AI"? Probably not. But what if that analysis informs future decisions about drone strikes? Does it matter then? How would Google even know if this had happened?
Also at VentureBeat and Engadget.
Previously: Google vs Maven
Google Employees on Pentagon AI Algorithms: "Google Should Not be in the Business of War"
About a Dozen Google Employees Have Resigned Over Project Maven
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:10AM (3 children)
American cowards, first they send the poorest members of their society to fight, the expendables, and now not even that, the machines, the extendables. If only they had the vision to send the deplorables. What? Five deferments for "bone spurs"? Cheney got a better story than that with the anal cysts. Or was that Limberger? And Ted Nugent, "Cat scratch Poopy Pants!" . America is domed.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:38AM (1 child)
Drones and mechs, delivering swift autonomous death to our poorer enemies! Get with the program already!
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:51AM
That's fun and dandy, I suppose.
Until the Army start selling its surplus to law enforcement (all legal, of couse [nytimes.com]), at which point the US citizens will start looking at the wrong end of the tech.
But yeah, the MIC must never stop showing profits, ethics be damned!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @09:37PM
Do you know how much it costs to train a human to fight? Then we have to support any medical bills through the VA, and after that we give them pensions if they stick it out long enough! This is financially KILLING us!!! Automated weaponry will reduce the financial burden of the war machine along with eliminate those pesky whistle blowers as well. LONG LIVE THE DEATH MACHINE!