Pentagon announces new AI office as it looks to deploy autonomous weapons
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5034805-artificial-intelligence-military/
Pentagon announces new AI office as it looks to deploy autonomous weapons
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5034805-artificial-intelligence-military/
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“The Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC) will aim to install AI tech into systems for the military.
The U.S. wants to deploy thousands of autonomous drones powered by AI through its Replicator initiative. A second Replicator initiative is focused on using new technologies to counter swarms of autonomous drones.
The priorities for the new office include using generative AI for command and control, autonomous drones, intelligence, weapons testing and even for enterprise management like financial systems and human resources.”
They’re just now starting to use AI in the military? How far behind the rest of the world is the U.S.?
Dun-dun dun dun-dun!
Pronounced as “The Terminator Theme”
I love that there was like five minutes where everybody said autonomous weapons were a terrible idea.
Then everybody realised everybody would build them and it was inevitable, and while ethics are great and all there was absolutely no chance of the militaries of the world breaking stride towards this brave dystopian future.
It’s going to be fine. Love it. Looking forward to seeing the first school shooting carried out by a drone when the tech proliferates to street level.
It can’t be bargained with. It will feel no pity. No remorse. No pain. No fear. It will have only one purpose: Collect debts and taxes.
Who needs an army of humans when you can have an army of machines? Or rather, why do the oligarchs need people for labor and war when they can just have machines?
**TLDR SUMMARY**
The Pentagon has announced the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC), a new office designed to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence into military systems, including autonomous weapons. The initiative is backed by $100 million in funding for 2024-2025. It will focus on projects such as AI-powered drones under the Replicator initiative, counter-drone swarm technology, and the use of AI for command, intelligence, and enterprise management.
The Chief Digital and AI Office will oversee the AI RCC and collaborate with cloud providers and small businesses to test and deploy cutting-edge AI tools. Chief Digital and AI Officer Radha Plumb emphasised the urgency of countering adversaries like China, Russia, and North Korea, focusing on identifying high-return applications to enhance efficiency and combat readiness.
This might explain the recent sightings of drones , it could be a nighttime test
Let’s just name the new office Skynet and complete the closed time loop.
Can’t wait to see how the autonomous weapons thing goes
At what point do we set the timer and just nuke ourselves out of existence. This is all a silly fucked up game they are playing with the world and its inhabitant
The drone nuts will still claim it’s aliens though.
Why is the future so fucked up? I really wanted Star Trek and we are going for cyberpunk…
“The U.S. wants to deploy thousands of autonomous drones powered by AI through its Replicator initiative. A second Replicator initiative is focused on using new technologies to counter swarms of autonomous drones. … it’s important to recognize that AI adoption by adversaries like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is accelerating and poses significant national security risks,” Plumb said. “We are taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to ensuring the U.S. continues to lead the way.”
Does anyone think the drone sightings are a government test run for national defense of a future drone attack? I’ve heard the concerns about drones, flying over the US, described as mass hysteria.