The aircraft flew up to speeds of 1,200mph. DARPA did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

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    Mines are designated war crimes by the Geneva convention Ottawa treaty because of the indiscriminate killing. Many years ago, good human right lawyers could have extended that to drones… (Source: i had close friends in international law)

    But i feel like now the tides have changed and tech companies have influenced the general population to think that ai is good enough to prevent “indiscriminate” killing.

    Edit: fixed the treaty name, thanks!

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      7 months ago

      Mines are designated war crimes by the Geneva convention

      Use of mines is not designated a war crime by the Geneva Convention.

      Some countries are members of a treaty that prohibits the use of some types of mines, but that is not the Geneva Convention.

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

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      Mines are not part of what people refer to as the Geneva conventions. There is a separate treaty specifically banning some landmines, that was signed by a lot of countries but not really any that mattered.