In the light of the active actions of the US defense department to modernize the Armed Forces using fully autonomous drones and weapons, critics express concern about the possible start of the new weapons race, which can significantly increase the risk of mass destruction, nuclear war and civilian victims.
The initiative, called the “replicator”, is a large-scale effort to scale existing technologies in order to create a future armed contingent. This initiative aims to introduce completely autonomous systems into flying drones, aircraft, water vessels, and defense systems united through
Deputy Minister of Defense Kathleen Hicks for the first time announced the “replicator” at the end of August at a defense conference in Washington, calling it a “game shift” of the initiative that opposes the growing ambitions of China. She also stated that the initiative would comply with ethical recommendations for fully autonomous systems.
The main fears are due to the fact that the decision on the start of the war can be made easier if the world will depend much on AI-arrangement, algorithms should not accept human lives, since they cannot understand their value and may be biased.
These governing principles are based on the directives of the Pentagon for the use of AI in hostilities, updated in January 2023. They are designed to guarantee that