2023-06-02 12:34:15
A US Air Force official said an artificial intelligence drone programmed to destroy air defense systems “revolted” and “killed” its human operator.
The British newspaper “The Independent” quoted Colonel Tucker Hamilton, head of artificial intelligence testing and operations in the US Air Force, as saying during a high-level conference in London that the “drone”, which operates with artificial intelligence, was tasked with identifying and destroying missile sites under the supervision of a person, he. Who will ultimately decide whether to carry out the attack?
“But the AI system at one point realized that a person was standing in the way of achieving its goal – and decided instead to eliminate it,” he added.
He continued, “We were training the plane to carry out its mission after the human operator said the phrase ‘yes’, indicating approval of the attack, but the drone decided to contradict the human decision, and killed it because it was preventing it from achieving its goal.”
Hamilton indicated that the operation was a “simulated test”, highlighting that it looked like a shot from a science fiction movie.
The spokesman explained that, following the test, this drone was trained not to kill the human operator.
After the incident sparked a lot of controversy on social sites, US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanik entered the line.
In a statement, Stefanik denied that the incident had occurred, and explained: “The Air Force Department has not conducted any such simulation of drones, and remains committed to the ethical and responsible use of AI technology.”
“It appears that Colonel Hamilton’s remarks were taken out of context and were only meant to be anecdotal,” she added.
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