Artificial intelligence is a subject that captures the imagination of many people. Of course, this is largely due to the numerous Hollywood movies that have been made about this subject. Hollywood movies frequently depict grim future scenarios that are reminiscent of science fiction. However, a rising number of worrying claims have appeared on artificial intelligence, which has been fueled by the qualitative growth surge of this new technology. These reports are almost always overstated, but despite this, there has been an increasing number of them. However, recent information presented at a press conference by a well-known journalist and a Stanford University alumnus has left the entire world in utter disbelief. What exactly did she say that took everyone by surprise, and what does this mean for the development of AI in the future? Stick around till the end to get all the details about this shocking revelation.
Autonomous weapons, also known as "killer robots," are military robots that can search for and aim at targets autonomously based on pre-programmed instructions. And almost every technologically advanced country in the world is working on developing these robots. Indeed, a senior executive at a Chinese defense company stated that future wars would not be fought by humans and that the use of lethal autonomous weapons was inevitable. However, having these weapons poses numerous risks. What if they go rogue and kill innocent people? What if they can't tell the difference between their targets and innocent people and kill them by mistake? Who would then be held accountable for the situation? An even bigger issue would arise if these "killer robots" are developed by governments that have no regard for human life. Then destroying these robots would be quite difficult! With these issues in mind, it was decided in 2018 that autonomous robots would still require a final command from a human before attacking. However, as technology advances, this problem may become exponentially worse.