[ExI] Russia using AI killer drones in Ukraine

[Adrian Tymes]

Is this AI akin to that in IR-guided homing missiles, or other such
"kamikaze drones" that have been in use for decades?

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 7:47 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Russia deploys ‘killer robot’ drones in Ukraine, as Nato urged to win arms
> race
>
> The Kremlin is using “kamikaze drones” with an apparent new capacity
> to single out Ukrainian weaponry such as Western-supplied tanks and
> lock on to targets without the need for a pilot to control the final
> attack.
>
> <
> https://inews.co.uk/news/russia-killer-robot-drones-ukraine-nato-arms-race-2950335
> >
> Quotes:
> Moscow has previously boasted that it is developing fully automatic
> drones that can locate and destroy weaponry or defences without a
> human involved.
>
> Experts suggest that the “target lock” system, which the Lancet’s
> manufacturer Zala has previously highlighted, uses machine learning to
> automatically identify a preloaded “catalogue” of Ukrainian equipment,
> including high-end Western weaponry.
>
> It can then enter an attack mode which appears to operate without the
> need for a human pilot – a system likely to have been developed to
> overcome electronic warfare jamming technology, which is capable of
> defeating a drone attack by blocking the signal from an operator.
> -----------------------
>
> This claim may or may not be true, but the article reads as an
> incentive (or reason) for Western military forces to produce the same
> type of automatic killer drones.
> If the operator signals can now be blocked, then AI controlled
> automatic drones become a military requirement.
>
> BillK
>
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