Artificial Intelligence War Machines Take Flight
Far out in the prairies of North Dakota, we saw firsthand how artificial intelligence tools are being merged with military surveillance and weapons.
The human pilots — veterans of armed conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East — literally took their hands off the controls as the A.I. assumed command. “It’s bittersweet, right, because what we’re doing is we’re working ourselves out of a job,” one of the human pilots, Alan Aubuchon, said as the A.I. took over.