Ask Yourself These Questions About the Next Rogue AI Story

Back in May at the Future Combat Air & Space Capabilities Summit in London, USAF Colonel Tucker Hamilton described a simulated test in which an AI-enabled drone “started realizing” that it could more effectively complete its mission if it destroyed its human operator. This story of a “rogue AI” killing its creator rapidly spread around the Internet, driven mostly by social media but also showing up in some mainstream news.

Under increased scrutiny, however, the story rapidly fell apart as …

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