Air Force official: AI isn't going to create 'Robocop'-like systems that make attack decisions

By Shelley K. Mesch / December 14, 2023 at 3:38 PM
While artificial intelligence systems may carry out lethal missions, humans will still be the decision-makers, a top adviser to the Air Force secretary said today. “It’s not AI making the decision to [attack] something. It’s just AI doing the actioning,” special assistant Tim Grayson said at the AFCEA NOVA Air Force IT Day. AI is primarily used to help with decision-making or to better enable human actions, Grayson said in response to a question about how “in the loop” humans...

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