Artificial Intelligence Controlled Submarines Are Developed By The US Navy – Maritime Herald

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The Artificial Intelligence could carry out attacks without human supervision, a breakthrough technology and also a great risk

The project called CLAWS is directed by the Office of Naval Research, which is responsible for the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

Budget documents discovered by New Scientist describe CLAWS as an autonomous system of unmanned submarine weapons that could be installed in underwater robots such as the Orca submarine vehicle developed by Boeing. which can be armed with 12 torpedo tubes that could be controlled by CLAWS without any human intervention.

It will clandestinely extend the reach of large UUVs [ unmanned underwater vehicles] and increase mission areas for kinetic purposes, the documents read .

CLAWS was first revealed in 2018 as an attempt to improve the autonomy and survival of large and extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles, however, until now the capacity of the weapons had not been mentioned, according to New Scientist.

Lethal autonomous weapons

Budget documents reveal that CLAWS has been allocated USD 26 million this year and another 23 million for the next, and it is known that they will be used to develop the idea in a functional submarine prototype .

Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California, who described CLAWS as a dangerous development, explained: Equipping a fully autonomous underwater vehicle with lethal weapons is a significant step, and one that runs the risk of accidental climbing in a way that does not apply to marine mines.

Chinese scientists hope to deploy unmanned military submarines in the worlds oceans in the early 2020s, although the final decision on whether to attack will still be taken by commanders, for now the developments suggest that a new front is opening in the career arms of IA at sea.

The rush to develop autonomous and lethal underwater weapons is becoming a growing concern for activists such as the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which has attracted the support of technological luminaries such as Elon Musk of Tesla and Mustafa Suleyman of Alphabet, are backed by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maasban, who urged states to ban totally autonomous weapons , before its too late!

Source: La Verdad Noticias

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