[ExI] New Military Drone Fits in Backpack, Can Carry Lasers, Radio Jammers, Weapons

[John Grigg]

"The company promises to inject artificial intelligence into drone-assisted
missions in the near future, *Wired* reports
<https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-new-drone-inject-ai-warfare/>, with
the Ghost 4 performing tasks such as identifying targets much faster and
more efficiently.

Luckey called the Ghost a “a Swiss army knife that can do everything” in a
statement
<https://www.digitalmarketnews.com/palmer-luckeys-ghost-4-military-drones-use-ai-for-surveillance-and-attack/>.
The two-meter long aircraft can be folded to fit into a backpack and can
withstand the roughest of conditions, including sand and sea water.

Using artificial intelligence to identify targets is a controversial idea.
For instance, the contract for Google’Project Maven, a Pentagon project
that uses AI to identify drone targets in satellite images, ended up being
abandoned <https://futurism.com/maven-google-military-tech> due to mounting
pressure <https://futurism.com/google-jk-project-maven-work-military-still>
from both employees and the general public."

Luckey argues that the US is at risk of falling behind its adversaries,
including Russia and China. “I don’t think we can win an AI arms race by
thinking it’s not going to happen,” he said in the statement."

I would think AI in aerial drones is a serious secret project in the works,
for the various major powers...
https://futurism.com/the-byte/anduril-ghost-4-military-drone-lasers
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