Comment by nradov
2 days ago
The DoD was pursuing autonomous AI weapons decades ago, and succeeded as of 1979 with the Mk 60 Captor Mine.
https://www.vp4association.com/aircraft-information-2/32-2/m...
The worries over Skynet and other sci-fi apocalypse scenarios are so silly.
Self awareness is silly, but the capacity for a powerful minority to oppress a sizeable population without recruiting human soldiers might not be that far off.
The more automation a weapons system has, the more human technicians are needed to keep it working.