A new 50-page report from the New Zealand Defence Force, the Future Fighting Concept, says the army must prioritise investment in AI, machine teaming, automation and rapid targeting, RNZ reports.
The report says human-in-the-loop systems, in which operators keep control of critical decisions, are being joined by increasingly autonomous systems, and that high levels of automation will speed up targeting through systems that identify, classify and engage threats. It also says human-machine integration raises ethical concerns about accountability.
It calls for a change in government policy towards rapid acquisition of new technology platforms. Its 2017 predecessor mentioned drones only a handful of times, RNZ says.
