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Artificial intelligence and killer drones… What could go wrong?

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Peace activists are zeroing-in on very troubling – and downright scary – developments in high-tech weaponry: artificial intelligence and autonomous weaponized drones. The issue of autonomous weaponized drones, programmed to kill without a human finger pulling the trigger, is getting much more attention in the wake of revelations coming out of Libya. "The world's first recorded case of an autonomous drone attacking humans took place in March 2020, according to a United Nations (UN) security report detailing the ongoing Second Libyan Civil War. Libyan forces used the Turkish-made drones to "hunt down" and jam retreating enemy forces, preventing them from using their own drones." The lethal autonomous weapons systems were programmed to attack targets without requiring data connectivity between the operator and the munition: in effect, a true "fire, forget and find" capability, according to an official report.