Andundil’s founder, Palmer Luckey, said that the US military has already opened the “Pandora” box “of AI and autonomous weapons, and that it is too late to go back.
During a TED Live event last week, Luckey said that the United States should rather double on the development of AI-controlled weapons, otherwise China could surpass the United States in a future war with autonomous systems.
“I want you to imagine something,” Luckey told the crowd. “In the early hours of a massive surprise invasion of Taiwan, China unleashes all its arsenal. Ballistic missiles are raining on key military installations, neutralizing the air bases and command centers before Taiwan can shoot a single blow.”
Luckey said that in this scenario, he would “become clear” that the United States does not have the systems to respond quickly enough to repel China.
“It is the war that American military analysts fear the most, not only because of obsolete technology or slow decision-making, but because our lack of capacity, our shortage of tools and platforms means that we cannot even fight,” said Luckey.
He said the best way to compete with China is to win the AI arms race.
Luckey founded Oculus, whom he later sold in Meta for $ 2 billion. Then, in 2017, Luckey founded the defense company Andendil, which produces and manufactures drones and other autonomous systems and weapons for the American army.
“I will be confronted with journalists who say:” Oh, well, you know, we should not open Pandora’s box “,” said Luckey. “And my point of view is that the Pandora box was opened a long time ago with anti-scratch missiles that are looking for surface air missile launchers.”
He added that some American military ships use anti-missile defense systems capable of “locking and shooting completely autonomous targets”.
“We have been in this world of systems that have been working on our testament in a independent manner for decades,” he said. “And so the point that I would assert people is that you do not ask not to open the Pandora box; you ask to push it and close it again.”
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