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"The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous
weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing
power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on
Monday.
The so-called Replicator initiative aims to work with defence and other tech
companies to produce high volumes of affordable systems for all branches of the
military.
Military systems capable of various degrees of independent operation have
become increasingly common over the past decade or so. But the scale and scope
of the US announcement makes clear the future of conflict has changed: the age
of warfighting robots is upon us."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
