Coming up on tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes, the program examines the rapid rise of AI powered drones and the unsettling reality of autonomous weapons already entering modern battlefields.
Reporter Adam Hegarty leads the investigation into how artificial intelligence is reshaping warfare, before the program also revisits businessman Micky Ahuja following last week’s explosive allegations.
ATTACK OF THE DRONES
As worrying as the deteriorating mayhem in the Middle East already is, it’s also an alarming glimpse into the future of war. The modern battlefield is changing at a pace never before experienced.
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As Adam Hegarty reports, it’s being driven by technical brilliance, the rise of artificial intelligence. The fact is drones and robots, controlled entirely by A.I., are no longer the product of someone’s imagination. These weapons can now hunt and kill for themselves.
But there are difficult questions the world needs to consider: Does all of this no doubt impressive know-how help protect humanity? Or is it simply accelerating our own extinction?
Reported by Adam Hegarty and produced by Laura Sparkes.
THE PLAYBOY PREDATOR
Every day, journalists everywhere attend media conferences. Most are relatively straightforward, mundane events. Information is provided, questions are asked and answered.
Last Tuesday though, there was an extraordinary exception to the rule. From Dubai, failed businessman Micky Ahuja invited reporters in Australia to a very strange Zoom media conference.
He wanted to respond to allegations made last week on 60 MINUTES that his collapsed security business exploited thousands of its workers, and that he was a sexual predator.
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Ahuja also used the opportunity to target investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, but as Dimity Clancey reports, he might now be regretting that idea.
Reported by Dimity Clancey and produced by Garry McNab and Cameron Houston.
This episode of 60 Minutes airs tonight on 60 Minutes, Sunday March 15 at 8.50pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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