Existential Risk (AGI, ASI) Military and National Security

1 min readPentagon will spend $2 billion for AI weapons

By admin / September 9, 2018

Despite the recent manifesto of the Future of Life Institute and a letter sent to the United Nations calling for the ban of the creation of AI weapons, the US Defense Department has recently announced that it would spend up to $2 billion over five years in order to create an AI weapons system that is trusted and accepted by its military commanders.

The Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion to put more artificial intelligence into its weaponry

Officials say they want computers to be capable of explaining their decisions to military commanders

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/8/17833160/pentagon-darpa-artificial-intelligence-ai-investment

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