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Killer Drone "Hunted Down a Human Target" Without Being Told To

posted by martyb on Saturday June 05 2021, @10:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the kill-all-humans dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:

Killer Drone 'Hunted Down A Human Target' Without Being Told To:

After a United Nations commission to block killer robots was shut down in 2018, a new report from the international body now says the Terminator-like drones are now here.

[...] The March 2020 attack was in Libya and perpetrated by a Kargu-2 quadcopter drone produced by Turkish military tech company STM "during a conflict between Libyan government forces and a breakaway military faction led by Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army," the Star reports, adding: "The Kargu-2 is fitted with an explosive charge and the drone can be directed at a target in a kamikaze attack, detonating on impact."

[...] "The lethal autonomous weapons systems were programmed to attack targets without requiring data connectivity between the operator and the munition: in effect, a true 'fire, forget and find' capability" – suggesting the drones attacked on their own.

[...] In August of last year, Human Rights Watch warned of the need for legislation against "killer robots" while NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has called for a global ban on them – something the US and Russia are against.

See also: New Scientist magazine and the Star.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:00AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @08:00AM (#1142294)

    For some reason, we were never able to automate Navy Supply Clerks, like the QAnon Shaman or Runaway1956. Is it the case, that certain levels of stupidity are not able to be captured by algorithms, and so have to be left to the less intelligent organic units? Thank you for your "service", Runaway1979!

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @09:51AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 06 2021, @09:51AM (#1142314)

    Thank you for your input. [rapgenius.com]