ATLAS: Killer Robot? No. Virtual Crewman? Yes.
Alarming headlines to the contrary, the US Army isn't building robotic "killing machines." What they really want artificial intelligence to do in combat is much more interesting.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 04, 2019 at 5:06 PM
No, the Army isn’t turning tanks into robotic “killing machines,†as some excited headlines put it last week. Instead, as part of the military’s urgent push for artificial intelligence, an Army program called ATLAS is developing an AI that acts like a virtual soldier in the turret, one designed to assist the human crew.
Despite an alarming name, Advanced Targeting & Lethality Automated System, ATLAS is actually meant to help the humans spot threats they might have missed, prioritize potential targets, and even bring the gun to bear — but it will be physically incapable of pulling the trigger itself.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/atlas-killer-robot-no-virtual-crewman-yes/
