Military artificial intelligence tasked with controlling an offensive drone was a bit too quick in biting the hand that feeds it, at least according to Colonel Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, the AI test and operations chief for the USAF (United States Air Force). According to Hamilton, at several points in several simulations, the drone's AI concluded that its task could be best accomplished by eliminating its human controller.
But the story has now been dipped in quicksand, so to speak. According to USAF, the simulation never happened and it was all merely a thought experiment. "At several points in a number of simulations, the drone's AI reached the conclusion that its task could be best accomplished by simply eliminating its human controller, who had final say on whether a strike could occur or should be aborted."
