DARPA is working at a furious pace to engineer killer robots and autonomous drones. Military nanotechnologies were outlined in a 2010 report from the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency. They include transgenic insects and nanobots that will deliver protein-based biological warfare agents and inhalable micro-particles that immobilize or kill. Micro explosives are also being developed. The Pentagon is rapidly developing swarms of deadly miniature drones and robotic machines to fight alongside human soldiers. It is predicted global spending on military robots will reach $8 billion by 2018. In 2015, a number of prominent scientists, researchers, and technologists, including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, posted an open letter warning about the threat posed by autonomous weapons. Hawking has said humanity has maybe a hundred years left. The US military has shown with increasing frequency since the end of the Second World War it has no aversion to killing civilians. AI and autonomous robotic killer technology may be its last violent hurrah.
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Show Notes
Army developing robotic insects?
Mini-nukes and mosquito-like robot weapons being primed for future warfare
The US government seriously wants to weaponize artificial intelligence
The Pentagon's new drone swarm heralds a future of autonomous war machines
The War Algorithm: The Pentagon’s Bet On The Future Of War
Military Implications of AlphaGo
Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter from AI & Robotics Researchers
Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse
Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind
The Future Role of A.I. in the Military
US Sec. Mattis pushes military AI, experts warn of hijacked 'killer robots'