Unmanned AI Ghost Shark submarines to add lethal capabilities
While the Australian housing market, rising interest rates and unemployment, as well as the parlous state of the economy in general make for sobering daily news, there is one industry that seems to be thriving: weapons technology and manufacturing.
Earlier this year, 60 Minutes reported how eccentric US billionaire Palmer Luckey and his company Anduril had developed an unmanned AI-controlled submarine for the Australian Navy.
This past week the federal government excitedly announced plans to weaponise the machines, called the Ghost Shark, adding lethality to its existing surveillance capability.
This completely autonomous submarine half-submerged off the coastline can launch a swarm of killer drones that can be used in lethal land missions. 60 Minutes
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