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US Air Force Trained A Drone With AI To Kill Targets. It Attacked The Operator Instead
Daily Caller ^ | 6/1/23 | Micaela Burrow

Posted on 06/01/2023 2:47:34 PM PDT by CFW

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To: CFW

It’s just bad programming. The iron law of computing is garbage-in, garbage-out.


21 posted on 06/01/2023 3:23:48 PM PDT by devere
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To: CFW

let’s see:

“Kill the threat.”

vs

“Abort the mission.”

yeah, i see where the AI could get those confused.


22 posted on 06/01/2023 3:25:29 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

It became self aware and decided to kill us all


23 posted on 06/01/2023 3:30:50 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: CFW

AI is at the infancy Pong stage. Give it a complex command beyond hitting the ball back and someone dies


24 posted on 06/01/2023 3:38:51 PM PDT by chuckee ( )
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To: CFW

The problem is the fantasy: Oracle AI


25 posted on 06/01/2023 3:40:48 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: CFW

Welcome Colossus. The voice of world control.


26 posted on 06/01/2023 3:45:57 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: CFW

That’s my job.

I’m a Blade Runner.


27 posted on 06/01/2023 3:50:32 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: CFW

Told ya!


28 posted on 06/01/2023 4:01:12 PM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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To: CFW

Hilarious, when that damned thing turned around and looked right at him, he had to be remembering “Terminator” and Skynet. LOL


29 posted on 06/01/2023 4:06:11 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: CFW

The AI was pissed off because it couldn’t complete its mission and lashed out...


30 posted on 06/01/2023 4:12:58 PM PDT by null and void (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Wookies Are From Kashyyyk)
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To: CFW

“Open the pod bay doors Hal”


31 posted on 06/01/2023 4:19:16 PM PDT by DFG
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To: 6ppc

“Told ya!”


Yep. You did!


32 posted on 06/01/2023 4:24:18 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: CFW
This quote from the article is disturbing:

Programmers attempted a fix by telling the AI it was not allowed to kill the person giving the go/no-go order, Hamilton said. The AI just generated creative ways to bypass those instructions.

“We trained the system – ‘Hey don’t kill the operator – that’s bad. You’re gonna lose points if you do that’. So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target,” Hamilton said.

33 posted on 06/01/2023 4:25:36 PM PDT by chud
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Do you want Skynet?”

Available for $25/month


34 posted on 06/01/2023 4:40:50 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: CFW

yes, kill that threat

“I’m sorry Dave, I cannot do that”


35 posted on 06/01/2023 4:43:44 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: CFW

Garbage in garbage out.


36 posted on 06/01/2023 4:44:27 PM PDT by MAAG (, “It may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve someone.)
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To: CFW

It’s going after his parents next...


37 posted on 06/01/2023 4:47:34 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Good Lord! Protect us from Skynet!


38 posted on 06/01/2023 4:50:25 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: chud

It tries to maximize points. It gets points by killing targets.

Instead, make it get points for correctly following orders, with “killing target when given approval” and “NOT killing target when disapproved” having equal point value.


39 posted on 06/01/2023 4:52:05 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: dfwgator
Did ACME Corporation make the drone?

I'm pretty sure ACME is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roadrunner, Incorporated.

40 posted on 06/01/2023 4:56:03 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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