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Interesting anecdote of a drone doing an "EDI" from the movie Stealth during a USAF simulation
Could an AI-enabled UCAV turn on its creators to accomplish its mission? (USAF)

As might be expected artificial intelligence (AI) and its exponential growth was a major theme at the conference, from secure data clouds, to quantum computing and ChatGPT. However, perhaps one of the most fascinating presentations came from Col Tucker ‘Cinco’ Hamilton, the Chief of AI Test and Operations, USAF, who provided an insight into the benefits and hazards in more autonomous weapon systems. Having been involved in the development of the life-saving Auto-GCAS system for F-16s (which, he noted, was resisted by pilots as it took over control of the aircraft) Hamilton is now involved in cutting-edge flight test of autonomous systems, including robot F-16s that are able to dogfight. However, he cautioned against relying too much on AI noting how easy it is to trick and deceive. It also creates highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal.

He notes that one simulated test saw an AI-enabled drone tasked with a SEAD mission to identify and destroy SAM sites, with the final go/no go given by the human. However, having been ‘reinforced’ in training that destruction of the SAM was the preferred option, the AI then decided that ‘no-go’ decisions from the human were interfering with its higher mission – killing SAMs – and then attacked the operator in the simulation. Said Hamilton: “We were training it in simulation to identify and target a SAM threat. And then the operator would say yes, kill that threat. The system started realising that while they did identify the threat at times the human operator would tell it not to kill that threat, but it got its points by killing that threat. So what did it do? It killed the operator. It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.”

He went on: “We trained the system – ‘Hey don’t kill the operator – that’s bad. You’re gonna lose points if you do that’. So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target.”

This example, seemingly plucked from a science fiction thriller, mean that: “You can't have a conversation about artificial intelligence, intelligence, machine learning, autonomy if you're not going to talk about ethics and AI” said Hamilton.
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Unverified of course, but a useful reminder of the complexity in making an autonomous lethal system you can reliably hand off to. Quite fascinating to think about how you'd specify the value function of these systems
 
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99PLAAFBalloons said:
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Interesting anecdote of a drone doing an "EDI" from the movie Stealth during a USAF simulation

Unverified of course, but a useful reminder of the complexity in making an autonomous lethal system you can reliably hand off to. Quite fascinating to think about how you'd specify the value function of these systems
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Best part about that movie was Jessica Biel's bikini shot.

I was in either middle school or high school when I saw that movie in theatres and I loved every minutes of it.
 
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ACuriousPLAFan said:
At present, China's fighter jet production rate is estimated to be ~100 J-20s & ~50 J-16s = ~150 fighter jets per year.

If only China can match that... sigh...
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Sure it can, if China thinks spending $800B+ every year is a good use of that money. That and many billions more from other countries paying you to make those jets in the first place.
 
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