Judgment Day is getting closer: How is the US Army robotis
Focus has translated Peter Suchu's article on how the work will appear in the US Army service. The former chairman of the United States Chiefs of Staff said that by the end of 2039, a third of the US Armed Forces would be work and other autonomous systems. "For 10-15 years, about a third or perhaps a quarter of the US Armed Forces will be robotic," the US Army General Mark Millie explained at the beginning of this month at the AXIOS west dedicated to the issue of Future of Defense.
These will not be remotely controlled systems as most modern unmanned aerial vehicles, but robotic platforms, controlled or even directly controlled by artificial intelligence systems (AI). However, Millie acknowledged that these technologies were incompatible with lethal weapons. The current US policy still implies that when using lethal weapons, the control is exercised by a person-operator responsible for ethical framework when making any decisions.
Of course, Millie explained, as AI develops a situation where artificial intelligence will be allowed to determine whether to fight with the enemy. "From a technical point of view, you can imagine the future in which the car or robot managed by the AI will be able to make a decision on its own," Millie said.
"Does this world want this world?" Recruitment initiatives to the US Armed Forces were not able to meet demand, so Pentagon responded to this by the introduction of autonomous systems - from small unmanned drones to systems on atomic supervisos of the Grald R. Ford. As the agencies are faced with the problems of recruitment and maintenance of personnel, the system -driven system, can help them replenish their benches.
According to AXIOS report, the US Army considers the possibility of creating human-machine integrated units, Air Force is developing a joint combat aircraft (CCA), which will become "true subordinate" for a pilot fighter, and the "hybrid fleet" of the US Navy may consist of non apparatus that will serve with crew combat vessels. However, technological experts have been warning for many years that AI should not be trusted to make life and death decisions.
These fears can be exacerbated by the armed forces, which can reduce the number of people in the command. While the United States is developing this technology, caution in the use of AI, other countries also introduce robotic platforms. The closest opponents - Russia and China - began to create their own autonomous armed platforms.
According to the Defense Post, the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (NVAK) began to develop its own non-trapped submarines, and last month, Beijing introduced a robot dog armed with a machine gun installed on the back! Chinese officials suggest that the robot will be used to intelligence, identification of the enemy and the subsequent "target".
Perhaps in the future conflict of work will fight work, but it is likely that they will come up with a logical conclusion: a true enemy is their creator! Peter Suchyu is a journalist from Michigan. During his twenty -year journalistic career, he participated in the work of more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites, publishing more than 3,200 materials. He regularly writes about military equipment, firearms, cybersecurity, politics and international affairs.