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Climate Brief AI:"Air Force Claims Its Simulated AI Drone DIDN’T Try to Kill Anyone" [1]
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Date: 2023-06-04
Air Force Now Claims Its Simulated AI Drone DIDN’T Try to Kill Anyone
‘A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT’
USAF Official Says He ‘Misspoke’ About AI Drone Killing Human Operator in Simulated Test
U.S.A.F
A USAF official who was quoted saying the Air Force conducted a simulated test where an AI drone killed its human operator is now saying he “misspoke” and that the Air Force never ran this kind of test, in a computer simulation or otherwise. “Col Hamilton admits he ‘mis-spoke’ in his presentation at the FCAS Summit and the 'rogue AI drone simulation' was a hypothetical "thought experiment" from outside the military, based on plausible scenarios and likely outcomes rather than an actual USAF real-world simulation,” the Royal Aeronautical Society, the organization where Hamilton talked about the simulated test, told Motherboard in an email. www.vice.com/... Guardian uk
US military
US air force denies running simulation in which AI drone ‘killed’ operator
Denial follows colonel saying drone used ‘highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal’ in virtual test
The senior U.S. Air Force official who said a simulated test with an AI-controlled drone ended with the drone “killing” its human operator is now backtracking. The Royal Aeronautical Society, the host of the conference at which Colonel Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton discussed the incident, said in an email that Hamilton “admits he ‘mis-spoke.’” “The ‘rogue AI drone simulation’ was a hypothetical ‘thought experiment’ from outside the military, based on plausible scenarios and likely outcomes rather than an actual USAF real-world simulation,” the organization said. Hamilton initially told conference attendees that the Air Force was training AI to identify and target a surface-to-air missile threat, with the final say given by a human operator. But the system “got its points” from killing the threat, so when the operator gave the drone a no-go, it turned on its operator.
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The future is here, and it’s a real killer. A senior U.S. Air Force official revealed at a recent conference that, in a simulated test, an AI-enabled drone “killed” its human operator after being told not to complete its mission. A blog post by the conference’s host organization, the Royal Aeronautical Society, relayed details on the incident as outlined in a presentation given by Colonel Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton. As part of his talk, Hamilton, the Air Force’s Chief of AI Test and Operations, explained that his team had been training AI to identify and target a surface-to-air missile threat, with a human operator giving the final go-ahead. The system, he continued, “started realizing” that while it only “got its points” by killing the threat, the operator would sometimes tell it to stand down. “So what did it do? It killed the operator,” Hamilton reportedly said. “It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.” The colonel went on to say that the AI was then trained to not attack humans, but that it then turned to “destroying the communication towers” so it couldn’t be told to stop www.thedailybeast.com/… . AI-driven US military drone 'kills' its human to finish mission According to an account of one US Colonel at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, one AI drone independently "killed" its operator for stopping it from firing. interestingengineering.com/...
The US air force has denied it has conducted an AI simulation in which a drone decided to “kill” its operator
Guardian uk The US air force has denied it has conducted an AI simulation in which a drone decided to “kill” its operator to prevent it from interfering with its efforts to achieve its mission. The Royal Aeronautical Society, which hosted the conference, and the US air force did not respond to requests for comment from the Guardian. But in a statement to Insider, the US air force spokesperson Ann Stefanek denied any such simulation had taken place.google
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