The U.S. military hopes AI drone swarms will be able to work together to carry out offensive missions with little human input. A language called Droidish might be the key.

“It lets R2D2 talk to C3P0," Keven Gambold, Droidish’s mastermind and the CEO of government contractor Unmanned Experts, explained to Forbes, recalling the iconic robot duo from Star Wars.

When researchers or government contractors crack the code, these advanced drone systems will launch together, work out amongst themselves how best to achieve their goals and land in tandem — with human pilots intervening only should something go awry. Spurred on by Ukraine’s extensive use of drones to defend against Russian invasion, and by fears of China’s advancing technological prowess, America’s best-funded agency is spending big across research labs, academia and AI tech companies to ensure the U.S. is at the bleeding edge of next-generation drone warfare.

    • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      In an early AI experiment Facebook gave two AIs language so they could talk to each other. The AI quickly learned to communicate in a language the researchers couldn’t understand. Facebook pulled the plug.

      Guess the military didn’t get the memo.

        • treefrog@lemm.eeEnglish
          13·
          10 months ago

          They invented their own machine language. The AI (and I know you’re jesting).

      • Geek_King@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Might you have a link to an article about that? I’d be interesting in learning more, because it sounds a bit like an urban legend of the net.