Artificial Intelligence in Military : Weapons that think for Themselves. Weapons for war increasingly sophisticated to match the times; The latest battlefield technology is beginning to look like a computer game with cordless soldiers communicating through voice and sight to unmanned aircraft carrying Wi-Fi hotspots connected to satellites & being ordered by commanding commanders on the world side.
But future weapons will not require soldiers or commanders to operate it because they will make decisions about what or who is targeting themselves by using artificial intelligence.
The Pentagon spends billions to develop a new generation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LEGAL) such as robot combat jets, missiles that decide what to attack and ships that hunt down enemy submarines.
For now, long-range weapons such as UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are directed by humans from the security of booths that are often within hundreds or thousands of miles of conflict zones and therefore, the decision to use lethal force is made by a person.
But before we start thinking Skynet will take over and we'll have a hanging terminator, we're still a long way from the Hollywood AI version. Although We have seen the latest generation of robots such as Boston Dynamics Atlas and its unusual ability to walk and move like humans, we will not see robotic soldiers in the near future.
While we think of the AI used with the latest hardware, The USAF is working on the use of old planes equipped with autonomous controls. The so-called "Wingman Loyal" project sees retired F-16s being reused and with enough autonomy so they can fly alongside the latest F-35 aircraft and take cues from human pilots on other aircraft such as those possessed by a true human wing, and Probably before The car without a driver will be on a public road.
The autonomous missile is an area already used with systems such as the British Brimstone "fire and forget" missile. Once it is primed with targeted information, it can work on its own to pick the best targets and work with 24 other missiles to coordinate staggered attacks against swarms of enemy vehicles or ships, if unable to locate its target Will self-destruct.
Drones are another great area for AI Military. The Israel Aerospace Industries HAROP is a small anti-radiation aircraft, also called "unmanned aircraft". It can stay in the air above the battle area for up to 6 hours looking for a specific radio transmission such as a RADAR source or an enemy air defense system, but can, theoretically search for things like a particular cell phone, HAROP will then enter into Signal and deliberately Crashing and destroying its target with the ship aboard a warship.
Meanwhile, DARPA, the Pentagon's military research wing has also launched "Sea Hunter", an autonomous surface ship designed to stay at sea for months and track even the quietest submarines anywhere in the world. Designed to have no human crew during its operation, it must navigate a busy cruise line and interact with intelligent human enemies by itself, then communicate its data to its control center or take appropriate action if it should be armed.
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