Modern Technologies and Conflicts
1.11. 2017
JAKUB DRMOLA
AI and autonomy at war

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Some basics
 what is intelligence and consciousness?
 types of AI?
◦strong/general AI
◦            vs
◦    weak/narrow AI
 what about physical form?

History of autonomy
 mechanical automata since middle ages
◦Digesting Duck, Leonardo's mechanical knight, Karakuri
 biological automata since 19th cent.
◦Frankenstein, R.U.R.
 accelerated progression after WW2
◦Turing, von Neumann, Minsky, …
 exponential since 90s


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History of autonomy in warfare
 before WW1: hot-air balloons
◦observation and bombing
 interwar: aerial practice targets
 during WW2: remote control of all types
◦both wired and wirelss
◦air, land and sea -based
◦V1 and V2?


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 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1csDqNO8FY

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Cold War
 target practice, decoys and reconnaissance
◦with jet engines too
 modern era of drones/UAVs began during the 80s, in the Middle Sast
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Present
 remote control is commonplace
 growing autonomy
◦locomotion a sensors
 „human in the loop“ principle
 still not true intelligence
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Problems?
 lower conflict-threshold
 collateral damage
 „gamification“
 dehumanization
 psychological impacts
 political and cultural fallout
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Non-state actors
 terrorists, guerillas etc.
◦reconnaissance, targeting, smuggling
◦direct attacks
 commercial drones are cheap, available and easily modified
 perfect example of horizontal proliferation of dual-use tech
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 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-using-increasingly-unconventional-weapons-9928395

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Near future
 growing autonomy across the board
 closer integration and mixed units
 autonomous swarms

 first autonomous kill?
 arrival of true AI?



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