[ExI] Russia using AI killer drones in Ukraine

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Russia using AI killer drones in Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

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

Russia deploys ‘killer robot’ drones in Ukraine, as Nato urged to win arms race

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

 

 

 

 

Adrian, one of the known hazards of some IR guided weapons is that it stupidly seeks an hot spot to chase.  Under many circumstances, the guy who fired it will serve perfectly well as its target.  The US military adds sophisticated IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) tech to prevent weaponry from going traitor, so we can imagine how that has progressed.  I can recall reading years ago about seekers having CCD arrays, as would be used for higher-frequency detection and image recognition.

 

A loitering weapon could be programmed to recognize the bad guy’s launch site and pop that, rather than the hospitals, schools and apartments from among which the bad guy fired his missile.

 

We can legitimately think of this AI-enabled image recognition technology as the modern version of the heat-seeking missile.

 

spike

 

 

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