Human troops could be battling ‘Terminator-style’ killer robots within 10 years, experts warn
Cyber warfare experts say death machines will soon be locked in mortal combat with soldiers
HUMAN soldiers could soon be fighting “The Terminator” on the battlefield.
American cyber warfare experts fear enemies of the US will begin using artificial intelligence in the next 10 years, .
Peter Singer, a strategist for the New America Foundation, said armies need to brace for battle against killer machines.
“It’s not just when is it going to happen, but we don’t yet know is it going to privilege the offence or defence, what are going to be the affects of it,” he said.
He suggested the Congress hold a classified hearing on where the US stands compared to our enemies on cyber warfare,
“We don’t want to fall behind,” he said.
Jason Healey, a senior research scholar in cyber conflict at Columbia University, told the House Armed Services Committee the development of cyborg squads of fighters will happen in the next decade.
“The part of it that particularly worries me the most is that on the defensive side many people are thinking that artificial intelligence, new heuristics, better analytics and automation are going to help the defence, that if only we can roll these things out faster we will be better and the system will be more stable,” Healey said.
He recommended the US go on the offensive.
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“I think that these technologies are going to aid the offence much more than it aids the defence because to defend against these kinds of attacks, you need your own super computer,” he said, adding the Pentagon can afford the kind of revved up super computer systems that will be needed to fight the new robotic armies.
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