Pentagon outlines its first artificial intelligence strategy
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in warfare but says it will take care to deploy the technology in accordance with the nation's values.
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The plan calls for accelerating the use of AI systems throughout the military, from intelligence-gathering operations to predicting maintenance problems in planes or ships. It urges the U.S. to advance such technology swiftly before other countries chip away at its technological advantage.
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The U.S. and Russia are among a handful of nations that have blocked efforts at the United Nations for an international ban on “killer robots” — fully autonomous weapons systems that could one day conduct war without human intervention. The U.S. has argued that it’s premature to try to regulate them.
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The Pentagon hit a roadblock in its AI efforts last year after internal protests at Google led the tech company to drop out of Project Maven, which uses algorithms to interpret aerial video images from conflict zones. Other companies have sought to fill the vacuum, and the Pentagon is working with AI experts from industry and academia to establish ethical guidelines for its AI applications.
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..."in accordance with the nation's values." Oh dear. Which nation are we talking about here?
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In fact, in place of those 3 laws, we just need 1 rule: Never link AI to anything mechanical.
If the only thing AI can do is print/speak information to a human to act on, then it can't kill us all. Unless its reeeeeeaallly convincing! 
