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
