The Claim that Artificial Intelligence Killed the Drone Operator Turned Out to be a Lie

Recently, allegations have started to circulate on social media that an artificial intelligence-assisted drone belonging to the US army opposed its operator during the simulation and killed him. However, in the statements that came today, it was seen that this was a complete misunderstanding.

The origin of this claim is based on the statements made by Colonel Tucker Hamilton of the US Air Force at a conference in the past weeks. Drawing attention to the unpredictability of technology, Hamilton mentioned a flight simulation as an example. After saying that in this test, an AI-powered drone tasked with destroying an enemy facility had rejected its operator’s final order to abort the mission.So what did he do? He killed his operator. Because that person was preventing him from reaching his goal.” used the phrases.

Hamilton says his explanation was misunderstood, stating it was hypothetical

As such, this explanation had a great resonance and was understood as the result of a real simulation. However, Hamilton said that what he said in his statement today have been misunderstoodit is completely a hypothetical “thought experiment” stated that. In other words, he announced that this story did not stand a real test.

Hamilton said in a statement:We never did this experiment.” While using his expressions, he added the following about the risks of artificial intelligence: “Although it is a purely hypothetical example, this illustrates the challenges AI poses to the real world.”

On the other hand, Ann Stefanek from the Air Force confirmed that such an event did not occur in a statement to Business Insider:The Air Force has not run this type of AI drone simulation and remains committed to ethical and responsible use of technology. It appears that the Colonel’s statements have been taken out of context.”