Despite a withering military establishment beset by chronic government spending cuts and personnel shortages, the UK armed forces are fighting hard to keep up with the leaps and bounds being made in artificial intelligence (AI) battlefield technology.
The UK has reportedly been successful in testing a cutting edge autonomous weapon that utilizes AI to scan the battlefield for enemy combatant movements.
According to London's Ministry of Defence (MOD), the equipment — being touted as state of the art ‘space age' technology — has the ability to sweepingly scan streets and alleyways — no matter how big or small — to detect enemy forces in built up urban environments. This panoramic eye in the sky will, according to the MOD, give British forces an “edge” in any future urban warfare.
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Furthermore, the MOD insists, the technology, known as ‘SAPIENT,' will reduce the margin of human era for British forces when it comes to distinguishing between enemy combatants and civilians, who, despite being immunized from attack under international law, are often killed in war zones.
SAPIENT was tested out by Canadian soldiers recently in a mock combat zone in Montreal along with a range of other upcoming military technologies, including robotic ‘exoskeleton suits,' which are wearable machines with limb movement that military…
