Quote of the day by Anduril founder Palmer Lucky: 'There's no moral high ground to making a land mine that can't tell the difference between a school bus full of children and Russian armor'

The thought of infusing AI into weapons immediately evokes deep fears, not only based on the idea that autonomous weapons may make life-and-death decisions on our behalf, but also on the prospect of errors creeping in. But for Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, there's no alternative but to add intelligence into the weapons systems of tomorrow.

Dumb vs smart weapons

Luckey was speaking in a Q&A portion of a TED talk when he made the comparison between the weapons of today and the AI-powered weapons of tomorrow.

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The talk was themed around his notion that adding intelligence to weapons systems could prevent future catastrophes, based on...

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