British Army to deploy terminator style-robots that may communicate to actual troopers
Army chiefs are set to unveil Terminator-style robots that can speak to troops for the first time.
They are fitted with the AI programme ChatGPT and will talk and react to squaddies during battleground training sessions.
The machines, called SimStriker, respond to a person’s words and movements.
Calmer words can keep the situation under control, but if a soldier rages, the robot can become angry and blast BB pellets from its abdomen.
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Creators insists they want to use the cyborgs to “enhance” the soldiers in training.
James Crowley, from firm 4GD which invented them, said: “Although it gives the impression of a Terminator, unlike the movie we aren’t trying to subordinate soldiers to a robot.
“Rather, we want to use a robot to enhance the soldier.
“We want to use it to bring the training environment as close to the operating environment as possible.
“That’s why it shouts, talks and fires back. It is a leap forward in how the military can train for urban environments.”
The SimStriker project is in use with personnel at 16 Air Assault Brigade in Colchester, Essex.
