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Advancements in artificial intelligence and unmanned systems may lead to robotic military forces in the next decade, the 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
“Ten to fifteen years from now, my guess is a third, maybe 25% to a third of the U.S. military will be robotic,” retired Army Gen. Mark Milley said at an event Thursday.
The Military Times reported Sunday on his comments.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the growing role of unmanned aerial vehicles in surveillance and combat. Ukraine spawned a homegrown industry of drone makers to support its military.
U.S. policy currently requires a human to oversee military robots and their use of weaponry.
“You can imagine a future from a technical standpoint [where] a machine enabled by AI, a robot enabled by AI, could make its own decisions,” Milley said. “Is that something the world wants?”
Milley was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023.