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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
June 23, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Military

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Angel Has Fallen (film), Drone swarms, electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), Faraday cage, Paul Scharre, Russia, Slaughterbots (film), The Case for Killer Robots}

The Most Promising Defense Against Militarized Drone Swarms

_{An EMP ray beam could disable an AI swarm like a can of bug spray against a swarm of ants} _{Robert J. Marks

June 23, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Military}

Want to be scared about a use of artificial intelligence in the military? Watch the leftist video Slaughterbots or the beginning of the movie Angel Has Fallen starring drone-targeted Morgan Freeman. Swarms are hard to defeat. Kicking over an ant hill and stomping on most of the agents in a swarm doesn’t derail the ants’ collective mission. Come back in a week and the anthill is rebuilt. Likewise, if all of the agents in a drone swarm aren’t taken out, the drone swarm can still accomplish its mission. As I mention in The Case for Killer Robots, autonomous swarms of drones are among the scariest applications of AI in military weapons. Russia has developed and tested military drone swarms. So has the United States military. General John Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
June 1, 2021

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Alexa, Alfred Nobel, Artificial Intelligence, drones, Futurism, Gaming AI (book), George Dvorsky, George Gilder, Human exceptionalism, John Searle, Killer robots, Nikola Tesla, Paul Scharre, Roger Penrose, Selmer Bringsjord, Slaughterbots, The Case for Killer Robots, Thomas Edison, Topsy the elephant}

Chicken Little AI Dystopians: Is the Sky Really Falling?

_{Futurist claims about human-destroying superintelligence are uninformed and irresponsible} _{Robert J. Marks

June 1, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence}

The article “How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity” is one of the most irresponsible pieces about AI I have read in the last five years. The author, transhumanist George Dvorsky, builds his argument on a foundation of easily popped balloons. AI is and will remain a tool. Computers can crunch numbers faster than you or me. Alexa saves a lot of time looking up results on the web or playing a selected tune from Spotify. A car – even a bicycle – can go a lot faster than I can run. AI is a tool like fire or electricity used to enhance human performance and improve lifestyles. Like fire and electricity, AI can be used for evil or Read More ›

Dozens of Drones Swarm in the Cloudy Sky.

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 11, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Military

Tagged
Angel Has Fallen (film), autonomous AI drones, Drone swarms, Featured, Helicopters, Paul Scharre, Slaughterbots (film), US Army}

Meet the U.S. Army’s New Drone Swarms

_{As with insects, only a few drones need survive to accomplish their task} _{Robert J. Marks

September 11, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Military}

The US Army is developing a “swarm” of autonomous AI drones to protect combat helicopters. The swarm is modeled after social swarming insects like bees and ants who protect their queen. A drone nest protects the queen helicopter at all costs. The protective swarm’s tasks will range from sophisticated electronic warfare to acting as false targets (decoys) for incoming missiles. They will carry out theses tasks autonomously: Goals and tasks must be assigned by a person, but the way of their implementation, reaching the target or navigation and flight control is to be “in the hands of” advanced software and artificial intelligence. TOC, “The US Army is developing a ‘pocket’ swarm of combat drones” at BulgarianMilitary.com Here’s what a small Read More ›