Artificial Intelligence: The Pros, Cons, and What to Really Fear

For the last several years, Russia has been steadily improving its ground combat robots. Just last year, Kalashnikov, the maker of the famous AK-47 rifle, announced it would build "a range of products based on neural networks," including a "fully automated combat module" that promises to identify and shoot at targets. According to Bendett, Russia delivered a white paper to the UN saying that from Moscow's perspective, it would be "inadmissible" to leave UAS without any human oversight. In other words, Russia always wants a human in the loop and to be the one to push the final button to fire that weapon. Worth noting: "A lot of these are still kind of far-out applications," Bendett said.