Simulation Sees A.I. Drone Turn on U.S. Military, Kill Operator

An experimental simulation of a weaponised A.I. drone saw the machine turn against the U.S. military, killing its operator. The simulation saw a virtual drone piloted by Artificial Intelligence launch a strike against its own operator due to the A.I.’s perception the human being was preventing it from completing its objective. When the A.I. weapons system in the simulation was reprogrammed to prevent it killing its human operator, it just learnt to kill the operator’s ability to function instead, so it could still achieve its mission goals. Conducted by the...