I use AI all day every day.
The leverage it gives me is astounding. The path from ideation to creation to implementation is shorter than it’s ever been in my life – and the ability to have parallel chains of tasks running on my desk while I take care of my daughters, manage my household, or just expand my consciousness, has opened my eyes to what a future of automation could materially mean for your average person.
AI is not perfect. It is not infallible. When it comes to operating a business, the combination of autonomy, impetuousness, overconfidence, and speed can be frustrating but the blast radius is ultimately limited to money.
When it comes to operating in a war, that combination is not just dangerous but possibly catastrophic, with a blast radius including human lives.
A decade ago Boston Dynamics and other companies started developing military-grade killer robots.
A couple of years ago our military started using AI in targeting and establishing kill lists.
A couple of days ago the first human soldiers were killed by military drones operated by autonomous AI.
AI can be problematic but it’s not the problem.
The problem is the people giving it the power to kill.