University of Tampere’s Evil-AI-project researches the dark side of AI.

University of Tampere’s Evil-AI-project researches the dark side of AI. 

AI and robots are dual-use tools. 

Evill-Ai-Project researches issues like the misuse of AI. Where there are computer systems. There are always vulnerable systems. Even the best systems are somehow vulnerable. And the thing that can cause a collapse in data security. It is one paper that the professor forgot on the wrong table. The hacker can see screens from outside. And the opportunity makes thieves. The AI is coming to homes, and the regular merchandise can turn against us. Wireless headphones and a loudspeaker-microphone combination can be used as eavesdropping tools. 

The intelligent TVs and smartphones can collect information that makes us vulnerable. And the robot vacuum cleaners can observe us. Those things are really bad. Researchers. Highjacked a vacuum cleaner and made it ask for credit card numbers. Another test was that. The researchers used an AI algorithm on a robot vacuum cleaner to hunt a cat. The fact is that this kind of malware in robot cars can turn lethal. The same robot that transports food to humans can transport explosives. 

The Soviet, India-class submarine with two midget submarines. Those systems can carry even nuclear detonators internally or externally. In the last case, the flat nuclear device can be on the shelf, and a robot hand can put it. In the right position. Then, sonar or some other system sends the detonation signal to that system. The same AI. Used for food delivery, robots can be used in those midget submarines. 

Or the land drone can carry machine guns and anti-tank missiles. This kind of system can also drive on the seafloor. They could be used as reconnaissance or attack tools. Sometimes it is suspected that those underwater tanks, operated by SPETSNAZ, left nuclear detonators on the seafloor. The remotely operated nuclear mine, with 1-15 kt. could cause very bad damage in harbours where it detonated. The nuclear device might look. like an anti-tank mine. 

The idea is similar to systems that we can call “underwater tanks”. Those systems are submarines, equipped with caterpillar tracks. This type of miniature submarine can have a ball-shaped instrumental pack. Which. Allows it operate very deeply. They can also transport nuclear explosives. 

Another thing is that the robot vacuum cleaner can transport even landmines under vehicles. And this means. The AI system is easier to misuse than thought. If we think about the possibility. To create the attack tools. By using. The AI, the same algorithm that allows the AI to hunt cats around the house, makes it possible to use similar algorithms to control the flying quadcopters and other kamikaze drones. This makes those systems dual-use. 

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https://www.tuni.fi/en/news/jane-and-aatos-erkko-foundation-grants-eu1-4-million-advance-expertise-managing-dark-side-ai

https://yle.fi/a/74-20190991

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India-class_submarine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetsnaz