China has been testing armed autonomous underwater drones since the 1990s

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The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China has been testing unmanned submarines since the 1990s, news that has surfaced after the military declassified certain elements of the program.

Apparently the submarines could detect a simulated ship, use artificial intelligence to identify its origin and attack it with a torpedo, all without human intervention.

Regarding the success of the tests, it is known that he did one successfully in 2010.

Now that this news has come out, the question is… If the Chinese military had this technology in the 1990s what could it have now?

The same media reported that surely these underwater drones were never used in a real combat scenario, and that the way they detect their targets makes them very susceptible to errors (undesirable in a conflict). It is believed that China released this information now as a show of force, as the United States, Japan and other countries in the Taiwan Strait are pressuring the country to show its military might.

In an open letter published by The Future of Life Institute, several experts in artificial intelligence and robotics argued that autonomous (or semi-autonomous) weapon systems cannot be implemented responsibly or ethically. Autonomous weapons make no sense, as it is a first step in letting artificial intelligence make the decision for the targets in a conflict.

Hopefully the declassification of the information means the show has come to an end.

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