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[ParanoidTimes] AUTONOMOUS MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AT A "TIPPING POINT"





AUTONOMOUS MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AT A "TIPPING POINT"


Autonomous military technologies that are capable
of independently selecting a course of action to
achieve a goal are maturing rapidly, the Defense
Science Board said in a newly published study.

"Autonomy, fueled by advances in artificial
intelligence, has attained a 'tipping point' in
value," the DSB study said.

"Autonomy will deliver substantial operational
value--in multiple dimensions--across an
increasingly broad spectrum of DoD missions, but
the DoD must move more rapidly to realize this
value. Allies and adversaries alike also have
access to increasingly rapid technological
advances occurring globally," the study said.

The Board recommended that the Department of
Defense undertake a series of pilot projects
"intended to demonstrate the range of benefits of
autonomy for the warfighter."

The Board did not consider catastrophic failures
modes associated with autonomous technologies in
any depth.

But the study did say that "an autonomous system
must be designed so that humans (and/or machines)
can straightforwardly determine whether, once it
has been deployed, it is operating reliably and
within its envelope of competence -- and, if not,
that appropriate action can be taken."

Summer Study on Autonomy, Defense Science
Board, June 2016.








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