Russia’s new drone uses Nvidia’s mini supercomputer to make its own kill list

3 comments

1. As a kid, I associated Nvidia with video games. Now, as an adult, I see it helping build AI systems used in warfare and surveillance, deciding who lives and who dies. Funny how time changes things.

2. Is that what it is, or is it just a slightly more advanced terminal guidance system using image recognition that is being vastly oversold by news outlets looking for a story?

3. Personally I think they’re overselling the narrative a bit – so far the only place I’ve seen autonomous AI drones is in Russia’s marketing materials for their drone swarms. They’re doing some pretty advanced stuff now compared to a year ago, but as far as I can tell AI swarms automatically picking their own targets is not one of them. There’s been some daylight testing footage using it for final approach to avoid EW, but that’s not the same thing.

   The biggest thing they seem to be doing differently is using scout drones that relay intelligence back in real time so that operators can designate drones flying in a holding pattern to hit AA positions before/during the first wave. But I think this is a fully human intervention, not AI pattern/target recognition.

   They’re just getting better at communicating with the drones rather than using fire-and-forget methods due to EW – not sure if they’re using satellite, cell, or have found a way around Ukraine’s EW though. I know they enhanced the glonass modules to use more channels so they may have done that with radio communications too.

Comments are closed.