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The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.in)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Is the US preparing for a war with China? Cuz it certainly sounds like it.

Quote from the article:

The Pentagon is working toward deploying swarms of thousands of AI-enabled drones, according to a notice published earlier this year.

In a speech in August, US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, said technology like AI-controlled drone swarms would enable the US to offset China's People's Liberation Army's (PLA) numerical advantage in weapons and people.

"We'll counter the PLA's mass with mass of our own, but ours will be harder to plan for, harder to hit, harder to beat," she said, reported Reuters.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It seems like they're preparing for a war with anyone and everyone. It's not like the US has the greatest reputation across the planet, and there's no shortage of dust-ups around the world that might get pointed in the direction of North America at some point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The US wants its ass kicked, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Spare the rod

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

China has been militarizing and between the gender gap, the soon decline in population, and recent global attitudes towards them shifting , theyre going to be in for a world of economic hurt. A large population of unattached young men with poor economic outcomes doesnt bode well for peace in that region.

Likewise the US policy of "surely embracing capitalism will lead to a liberal democracy" gave way to mild hostility towards china when it didnt happen. Especially with a president for 4 years who kept saying those quiet things other presidents didnt outright say because they knew it would be poking the bear for no reason.

God help us all if this actually happens because it would lead to a world war centered on Asia and china, and I hope that what will happen with the age gap and decline in china will mirror more japan, but we do live in uncertain times.