China's brightest children are being recruited to develop AI 'killer bots'

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Shades of Enders Game

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] China's brightest children are being recruited to develop AI 'killer bots'
> Date: November 10, 2018 at 8:17:41 AM GMT+9
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
>
>
> China's brightest children are being recruited to develop AI 'killer bots'
>
> https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/2172141/chinas-brightest-children-are-being-recruited-develop-ai-killer
>
>       The 27 boys and four girls, all aged 18 and under, were
>       selected for the four-year "experimental programme for
>       intelligent weapons systems" at the Beijing Institute of
>       Technology (BIT) from more than 5,000 candidates, the school
>       said on its website ... "We are looking for other qualities
>       such as creative thinking, willingness to fight, a persistence
>       when facing challenges," he said. "A passion for developing
>       new weapons is a must ... and they must also be patriots."
>
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>
> --Lauren--




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