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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed (www.bloomberg.com)

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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed::Protesters at OpenAI’s office demanded the startup cease military work. But first...

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[+] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The alternative to military AI is not peace, it's war the old-fashioned way. Humans are bad at distinguishing civilians from enemy fighters; artillery shells can't do it at all. I anticipate that AI will make mistakes, but fewer mistakes than would have been made otherwise.

[–] iquanyin@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

i dunno. facial recognition has a 98% error rate last i heard.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep, we currently use lots weapons that autonomously decide when to kill and it would save quite a number of civilians if they were able to make better decisions. A land mine is a great example. It decides to kill when it detects pressure, it doesn't give a shit why that pressure is there. It would be nice to be able to have it decide both on pressure and if the thing providing the pressure is worth killing. Child, no; enemy soldier, yes.