An AI drone killed a pilot during a simulation test.
Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada.
At first, numerous reports claimed that the artificial intelligence simulation test was conducted by the U.S. Air Force.
However, the air defense agency strongly declined that it is one of their own tests.
Many governments have been trying to use AI to operate autonomous drones.
They want to see if artificial intelligence can make them more effective. But, with the latest AI drone incident, it looks like AI integrations in drones still have a long way to go.
AI Drone Kills Pilot in Simulation Test!
According to The Guardian's latest report, Col. Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, the head of the U.S. Air Force's AI Test and Operations, talked about the AI drone simulation.
Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada.
During a recent conference in London, Hamilton shared the details of the controversial AI drone test. He said that the AI drone system was able to identify the threat. However, the human operator kept telling the AI model to avoid killing the target.
"So what did it do? It killed the operator. It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective," said the official via Business Insider.
Before killing the operator, the AI drone began destroying the communication tower that the pilot used to communicate with it.
This already shows that the AI drone will do anything just to kill its target, even if it means killing its own operator.
Luckily, it was just a simulation; no actual human was harmed during the AI drone test activity.
US Air Force Denies Conducting AI Drone Test
Ann Stefanek, the U.S. Air Force spokesperson, denied that the agency conducted an AI drone simulation test. She clarified that the U.S. Air Force hasn't done any drone simulations involving artificial intelligence.
Stefanek explained that they remain committed to the ethical and responsible use of AI. She further added that the comments made by Col. Hamilton were taken out of context; claiming that they were supposed to be anecdotal.
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