An AI put in control of an Earth-imaging satellite to make it more efficient chose its own target areas—including the home of an Indian army regiment.
It’s entirely possible that the AI was trained to spot military-related targets, and that this technology could eventually be leveraged for surveillance purposes. As the Post points out: “The team suggested that an AI-controlled satellite could alert select users – including the military, national security administration and other relevant agencies – if it detected unusual objects or activity.
And while this report of an AI-controlled satellite may be as interesting as it is anxiety-inducing, the Qimingxing 1 test is a far cry from having satellites zoom around low Earth orbit with computers as pilots.“I think it’s important to distinguish between ‘turned the direction the satellite was looking so it can take a photo’ versus ‘changed the orbit of the satellite, which could cause it to crash into somebody else.
McDowell also expressed his concern over the use of the term “artificial intelligence” in this context.“As for calling this software ‘AI’, I think the term is now being used so broadly that it loses any real meaning, and certainly doesn’t in these cases correspond to the popular concept of artificial intelligence,” he explained.
Equipping a satellite with artificial intelligence for Earth imaging tasks is actually nothing new. Last fall, Italian company D-Orbit and Swedish startup Unibap collaborated on the ION satellite carrier, which used . Similar to this experiment, it was done to streamline the Earth image-capturing process by leveraging information technology.For now, it would appear that we’re safe from a rogue AI piloting a satellite on its own volition. And for sure, this tech might eventually be integrated into a spy satellite. For now, however, it’s enough to say that it’s an advancement that could help scientists on missions to study our planet.
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