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Unknown: Killer Robots
2023 · Film · documentary · 68 min
Directed by Jesse Sweet
What happens when a machine makes life-or-death decisions? This documentary explores the dangers of artificial intelligence in military application.
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Look at what DeepMind has done with the universal Atari video game player, AlphaGo, AlphaStar (Starcraft II), etc. See the new Netflix "Unknown: Killer Robots" documentary. There are already companies testing AI that controls swarms of drones or (in simulation?) jets.
These types of AI will be (if they aren't already) so much faster and strategically superior to humans, militaries will have to deploy them. And if they want to be competitive, the extreme speed advantage of the AI means they will need to remove humans from the loop.
Despite all of the propaganda, military activities are strategic, NOT ethical.
The only way you can remove the added danger of superintelligent (hyperspeed) AI military deployment and have real security is to find a geopolitical solution other than war. Unfortunately, that seems unlikely.