In some cases, this fact seems true that the creation is better than the creator. This goes quite true for the world of robotics and the revolutions taking place in it.

Bill gate states that “Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.”

The birth of artificial intelligence dates back to the year 1955 when John McCarthy who is known as the father of artificial intelligence used the word “Artificial intelligence” for the first time and then arranged the conference of Dartmouth in 1956. It was the result of this conference that artificial intelligence was considered as a separate field coined as AL. Japan was the first country who initiate the WABOT project and built the first-ever humanoid robot in the year 1997. All these revolutionary measures that were taken in this field paved the way towards the production of unmanned aircraft that are now known as drones. The distinction between robots and drones is that a robot is simply a man-made electronic device that performs different tasks and is remotely controlled by a computer. However, drones on the other side are specially built robots that perform assigned tasks with the ability to fly to any desired destination.

How Drones/Robots Help In War

Michael Hastings states that “The use of drones is rapidly transforming the way we go to war. On the battlefield, a squad leader can receive real-time data from a drone that enables him to view the landscape for miles in every direction, dramatically expanding the capabilities of what would normally have been a small and isolated unit.”

This is particularly true as it gives an insight into the usage of drones and their artificial intelligence for military purposes. The first-ever remotely controlled aircraft was used during WWI. The Kettering Bug which was developed by the US for experimental purposes and had the ability to be used as a craft for the bombing was never actually used in a battle. The solidification of their usage for army purposes occurred when Israel tried to wipe fleets of Syria with an aim to minimize the usage of their armed forces in 1982. They used the UAVs to perform tasks like acting as a decoy, jamming the communication and providing real-time surveillance.

Technology Advancements & Virtual Reality

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According to Jenna Wrotham, “We live in a time of astounding technological advancements. There are deep-sea drones and live streaming virtual reality.”

In naval warfare, unmanned systems are present in three different forms, one that flies in the air, one that floats on the surface of the sea, and the third that goes under the sea. At present, US naval force is using multiple UAVs for their operations. The 5 most important ones are named RQ-21 Blackjack, MQ-8B Fire Scout, MQ-8C Fire Scout, X-47B and MQ-4C Triton. All these drones allow naval operators aboard for surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), assessment of damage due to battle, communications, search and rescue missions, protection of forces, security purposes like secure borders, and anti-piracy missions.
An important aspect of drones is that these are unmanned aerial vehicles with no crew on board along with an ability to provide surveillance for up to 24 hours or above. This gives the naval army to keep a constant eye on the target and also helps to understand it.

Robin Hayes says in context to this that, “As a pilot, I can tell you drones may be a lot of things; airplanes they are not.”

As this aircraft can stay up to a day but a person or operator just up to 8 hours, so it provides an opportunity for the forces to swap the crew of operators for about 3 times a day so that there are fresh eyes available for the target without the need to bring back those drones.

Every revolution that takes place has its own risks, there is no gain without a little pain or we can simplify it as there are no bigger accomplishments achieved in this world without multiple failed attempts. Technology simplifies our tasks but everything comes with a price. If we look at the history of robotics and the experimental attempts we find multiple events where the robots led to catastrophe. These robots are made up of millions of codes and a minor error that occurs within these codes could cause casualties. For example, the US army tested a drone in the August of 2010 but they lost control of it and on the other side a semi-autonomous robotic canon that was produced and used by South Africa in the year 2007 resulted in the fatalities of about 9 soldiers bruising about 14 others because of malfunctioning due to some technical errors.

We Need To Put ( AI ) Under Control

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From a military context, the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles is a teaming of manned and unmanned both. It is not like that all pilots and the crew will leave and the robots will do all the work. It is certainly not possible and is not going to happen either. However, AL provides us with the way to program a vehicle to be used for surveillance or any other military purpose but requires an operator on the other side to control it.

As Vladimir Putin says, “You need to put drones under control; you need to layout certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important.”

If we think of using these drones for such purposes then we should consider all possible risks like enemies can jam signals or intercept data. This fact is true in the light of submarines that are unmanned and are below the water. Secure communications and control put a great vulnerability to their usage. Along with that, hacking of these autonomous devices is also a big concern for naval troops. The strength of robots could be hacked by the enemy and the creation could be turned and used against its own creator.

Some Questions Arise In Our Mind

There are certain questions that arise in our minds due to this field of robotics. The future does not just behold the airborne unmanned vehicles, as an unmanned ship is also in trials these days. Named as the Sea Hunter, it is built to travel up to 10,000 miles using just one tank of fuel with no man on it. Although robots and drones that are and those that can be deployed by the naval forces during warfare are designed and programmed to obey their orders whether it is to look for a target or kill it. All these revolutions taking place force us to reconsider the scenarios from the famous Terminator series where artificial intelligence dominates human life on earth by subjugating them. It is true that this technology is way more important than science fiction and all the ethical concerns that arise due to it.

But Asimov said that “It is changing, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is but the world as it will be. This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.”

So, it drags us to a point where we should reconsider whether the risks are worth our main objective or not.

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