[ExI] AI Warfare Is Already Here

[William Flynn Wallace]

Two different situations:  when collateral damage occurs and when the
damage was where the bombs were aimed.  Two - when there is collateral
damage an the bombs were NOT where they should have been exploded.  The
second one calls for vastly more consideration.   bill w

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 7:20 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 at 12:47, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Y'know?  Here's an awful thought: I wish that an AI in actual combat
> makes a mistake and kills civilians.  Maybe that will be the spur to quit
> the damn things until we know a lot more than we do now.  Never mind that a
> human makes the final decision - people make mistakes too.  I am assured by
> history that military minds will rush new tech into use before we are ready
> for it.
> >
> > Maybe I don't actually wish it, but it WILL happen - and then we'll
> see.   bill w
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> In war, it is always far more civilians that die than soldiers.
> Look at Gaza, Hiroshima, Dresden or the famines and deprivation that
> follow war.
> I don't see that a few civilian deaths (collateral damage) will stop
> the military deploying AI weaponry.
>
> BillK
>
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