The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

  • MrSpArkleEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The problem with slaughter bots is that the chain of command to kill can be shortened to just one person.

    The chain of command for a human is much more complex and can have a moral circuit breaker in every part of that chain.