In Libya, the impact of "autonomous AI weapons, finally attacking humans"!!

The Turkish drone used this time "Kalg 2".The flight time is about 30 minutes, but AI has the ability to recognize the target and attack.

In recent years, unmanned weapons have been used on battlefields around the world, but humans have been intervening in the final decision of killing humans.However, for the first time, it was confirmed for the first time that AI had finally attacked humans at his own discretion.Did humanity finally step into the forbidden area?

[Image] Drone "Harpy" & autonomous combat unmanned aerial "XQ -58A Vulcury" & unmanned battle vehicle "Uranium 9 -V5" & unmanned supernassive fighter "Dark Sword"

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■ Did you have any evidence that humans ordered?

It may be that the era of "AI (artificial intelligence) kills humans".

Recently, many overseas media have reported about the "incident" in Livia, North Africa.A drone equipped with AI may have actually attacked human soldiers as "enemies" at their own discretion without receiving human orders.Such a report was published by the United Nations Expert Panel.

According to the report, the attack took place last March.This is a battle where the Turkish support for Libya's provisional government has lost the rebel organization from Tripoli, the Toripoli, using a Turkish drone in Turkish STM.

The Turkish government is planning to evolve the task of drones autonomously, even in environments where the GPS does not work, to fulfill the mission from detection and search to attack.It is said that Kalg 2, which was developed as a part of this, can identify and attack the target with optical, infrared sensors, etc. with AI, and can make a wavy attack by forming up to 20 units.

However, is the attack method in this case a suicide bomber, or because of explosives, and whether the attacked soldier has died?......The details are not written in the report.Nevertheless, why did the UN expert panel be able to make an announcement about the "autonomous attack"?

Aviation analyst Hisashi Shimada says:

"I guess that the UN survey would have been able to pick up a queue signal called" attack "for the drone, even if I examined the surrounding radio waves at that time. To confirm that.You have to know all the frequencies and signals used by all drones, but there is a certain proof in the report.

For some time, international NGO groups have been concerned about ethical issues, concerned that "autonomous killing weapons" would be used for interpersonal attacks.And in this case, "there was no evidence that humans ordered a drone," the United Nations positioned it for the first time.

Information on AI's information, Masaichi Kobayashi, a member of the Graduate School of Security, says:

"Unmanned weapons have already been used in various situations, and, for example, in the unwarming zone of the Korean Peninsula, it automatically warns the SGR -A1 monitoring device installed by the Korean army.However, a human operator intervenes to the last decision on whether to execute the shooting.

In the last year's Nagorno Calabuff conflict, when Azerbaijan and Armenia collided, the Azerbaijan army operated the Israeli drone, Harpie.The drone was autonomously wandered in the sky, and was programmed to automatically set up a suicide attack for the radar site when the enemy radar waves were detected.

However, this case is a historical event that AI has been further advanced in that AI has autonomously discovered human soldiers and attacked.Perhaps he identified and attacked the enemy with image recognition by deep learning. "

The Israeli drone "Harpie" used in the Nagorno Calabuff conflict.Automatically wanders over a specific airspace and automatically attacks the source when the radar wave is detected.

These complete autonomous attack drones have been put to practical use because of the advanced technology to accumulate high -performance processors into small semiconductor chips.Mr. Shimada mentioned above explains.

"Instead of intensively processing on the cloud side via the network as in the past, small high -performance AI mounted on individual weapons can now process and analyze data with software. Of course.Although it is a restricted ability such as image processing and object recognition, by incorporating learning models in the unmanned software in advance, AI can be used to respond flexibly on site. "

■ U.S. military positioned as "third military renewal"

The XQ -58A Vulculley is an autonomous combat unmanned machine under development by the U.S. Air Force.It seems that a backup mission is expected when a manned fighter and an unmanned aircraft are linked in conjunction, not the main force of the air battle.

The "culprit" was a Turkish drone, but the development of autonomous AI weapons is progressing around the world.Kobayashi mentioned earlier said:

"The military power of the United States, China, and Russia have more AI technology than Turkey, and we can continue to invest a lot of funds in research and development, so we definitely think that it will create more high -performance autonomous weapons.Sho. Especially the United States Pentagon positions an autonomous weapon that combines high accuracy and speed that cannot compete with human recognition and operation capacity as a "third military renewal" following nuclear weapons, stealth & precision guidance weapons, etc.It is certain that the munitions industry will emphasize AI weapons. "

Autonomous unmanned weapons have a strategic merit that the user can reduce the burden and sacrifice of their soldiers.However, various dangers have been pointed out that "no human judgment is intervening in the killing act."Kobayashi mentioned earlier said:

"At present, AI has a difference in the accuracy of awareness depending on the environment. In extreme cases, it is like a city with a lot of traffic, with a limited use environment in a place where it is maintained like a go board.In the environment, of course, it is likely that the latter will have more errors such as incorrect recognition and malfunction. "

Uranium 9 -V5 is an unmanned battle vehicle that Russia has launched in the Syrian civil war.At present, it is an unmanned weapon of a remote control type, but it will eventually evolve into an autonomous type equipped with AI.

There is also a problem of legal responsibility associated with misfire.Mr. Shimada mentioned earlier.

"For example, suppose AI captures a person digging the ground near the battlefield with an infrared camera.AI may judge that AI is a "enemy guerrilla who sets a mine or IED (instant explosion)." In Afghanistan and other places, even human soldiers have caused many errors.

If an autonomous weapon kills civilians due to such a misunderstanding, there is also a problem, such as whether the responsibility is in a person who skipped the drone or a engineer who built an incomplete recognition program.increase"

■ Dissemination to conflict areas before regulations catch up?

An unmanned supernassive fighter "Knight Sword" under development by China.Spec information does not leak at all, but when it comes to ultrasonic speeds, the time lag is too large in remote control, so it is likely to be AI -mounted type.

These concerns have shouted the need for international rules that regulate the use of "autonomous killing weapons", but Kobayashi mentioned above pointed out.

"Currently, the field of AI weapons has not been able to catch up with the rapid progress of technology, and is the situation of" winning earlier ". As the nuclear holding country is trying to protect his advantage in his own country.I think it is hard to think that the United States, China, and Russia, which are leading in terms of technical aspects, will agree with the full regulations at this time. "

Nevertheless, for nuclear weapons, "nuclear clubs", centered on the United Nations, control international diffusion, but the development and holding of unmanned weapons, including autonomous types, is much lower than nuclear weapons.

Military journalist Buntaro Kuroi explains the spread of military drones into each country.

"China has been exporting to the Middle Eastern countries since around 2014 of" Aya Riichi 4 "similar to the U.S. military unmanned reconnaissance attack aircraft" Predator ", and" Tsubasa 2 ", which has been further enhanced, to the Middle East.In mid -sized countries, there are many cases in which the cheaper Chinese drone is diverted to the front -line reconnaissance weapon.

Turkey is also focusing on drone exports, and Ukraine and Poland have already announced the purchase of "Vilactal TB2", which was also used in the Nagorno Karabuff conflict.There is a possibility that drones will continue to be sold to mid -career regular troops.And Israeli drones are also exported to Azerbaijan, China, India, South Korea, Turkey, etc. "

In recent years, drones have spread to non -regular troops like armed organizations.

"Since 2016, the IS (Islamic State) has used small drones for consumer in Syria and Iraq, and after that, the Yemen Fushi school has received a full -fledged military suicide attack type drone with the support of Iran.However, in March this year, the latest drone called "Wide", 2,500 km, as "Tamad 4", which is 2000 km in the cruising range, is released in March this year.

Hamas, who also received Iran's support, also used the drone "She Herb", which Iran technology was provided by Iran in the match against Israel in May this year, "(Kuroi).

These drones do not have autonomous attack ability, but there is a good chance that the type equipped with advanced AI will eventually spread.If so, no matter how much the international community shouts, the conflict areas in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa should be the "experimental site" for autonomous AI weapons.

This is not a flashy science fiction story, such as AI attacking humanity with will.However, it may be that human beings have already opened the Pandora box in the fact that AI has left the "decision to kill humans".

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