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The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently evaluating a new generation of robotic "dogs" developed by Ghost Robotics, with the potential to be equipped with gun systems from defense tech company Onyx Industries, reports The War Zone.
[...] MARSOC is currently in possession of two armed Q-UGVs undergoing testing, as confirmed by Onyx Industries staff, and their gun systems are based on Onyx's SENTRY remote weapon system (RWS), which features an AI-enabled digital imaging system and can automatically detect and track people, drones, or vehicles, reporting potential targets to a remote human operator that could be located anywhere in the world. The system maintains a human-in-the-loop control for fire decisions, and it cannot decide to fire autonomously.
On LinkedIn, Onyx Industries shared a video of a similar system in action.
[...] The prospect of deploying armed robotic dogs, even with human oversight, raises significant questions about the future of warfare and the potential risks and ethical implications of increasingly autonomous weapons systems. There's also the potential for backlash if similar remote weapons systems eventually end up used domestically by police. Such a concern would not be unfounded: In November 2022, we covered a decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to allow the San Francisco Police Department to use lethal robots against suspects.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by shrewdsheep on Sunday May 12 2024, @12:07PM (2 children)
I believe that will never happen. Both sides will have AI and can wreak maximal havoc. A proxy war between AIs is illusory also, as the losing side will change tactics and involve infrastructure/people.
(Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Sunday May 12 2024, @08:52PM (1 child)
When was the last time the US fought a war against an actual symmetrical power? WWII?
Korea and Vietnam were proxy conflicts, and Afghanistan and Iraq we basically went in and wrecked the place, then it settled into asymmetric warfare. Yugoslavia, Syria, Libya...we're already in the age of the drone, they're just not autonomous yet.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday May 13 2024, @02:12PM
The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets [wired.com]
US aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more [apnews.com]
The ability to use autonomous drones, fighters, etc. is already here.
Also, this thing: I'm dropping out of flight school! - HOVERAir X1 [youtube.com]
The Dystopian future of Minority Report (the movie) is already here. It had autonomous drones and it only took us 20 years or so to reach that Sci-Fi Dystopian tech level.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"