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Out in the midwest there are coywolves - hybrids of coyotes and wolves that are adaptable and clever like coyotes but run in packs like wolves, enabling them to take down larger prey than coyotes.
But how about robot wolves -- canine robots with AI that can hunt in packs? Or robot hawks that attack airplanes in flocks?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-ai-weapons-h...China Trains AI-Controlled Weapons With Learning From Hawks, Coyotes
Beijing’s military focuses on swarming drones that can pick off prey or robots that can chase down enemies
By Josh Chin, The Wall Street Journal
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Marrying AI with robots allows China to exploit its advantage in hardware, with Chinese factories already capable of pumping out a million or more cheap, capable drones every year—something the U.S. hasn’t been able to do. With its weaker tech supply chain, the U.S. produces drones in the tens of thousands, and at prices many times higher....
The Jiutian, a hulking mother ship drone designed to release swarms of smaller drones, completed its maiden flight in December, according to state media. That came after the PLA displayed a pack of “robot wolves”—bulked up, weaponized versions of robot dogs—in a military parade in September. In an interview with state media, their maker, state-owned China South Industries Group, said the company is working on ways to link wolf packs with aerial swarms to create “a new model of efficient collaborative combat.”...
Other work by Chinese researchers takes a similar approach, tweaking algorithms based on the behavior of ants, sheep, coyotes and whales to eke out theoretical improvements in the ability of unmanned systems to collaborate. ... [end quote]
These are not battle-ready ... yet. But it's only a matter of time before swarms of robots with AI become part of warfare.
Wendy
