全球每年在机器人方面的军费开支从2010年的51亿美元增加到2015年的75亿美元<ref>{{cite news|title=Getting to grips with military robotics|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21735478-autonomous-robots-and-swarms-will-change-nature-warfare-getting-grips|accessdate=7 February 2018|work=The Economist|date=25 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Autonomous Systems: Infographic|url=https://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/digitalization-and-software/autonomous-systems-infographic.html|website=siemens.com|accessdate=7 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>。人们都认为具有自主行动能力的军用无人机很有价值<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|title=Understanding China's AI Strategy|last=Allen|first=Gregory|date=February 6, 2019|website=www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|publisher=Center for a New American Security|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317004017/https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|archive-date=March 17, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>。而许多AI研究人员则正在试图远离AI的军事应用。<ref>{{cite news|last1=Metz|first1=Cade|title=Pentagon Wants Silicon Valley's Help on A.I.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/technology/military-artificial-intelligence.html|accessdate=19 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=15 March 2018}}</ref> | 全球每年在机器人方面的军费开支从2010年的51亿美元增加到2015年的75亿美元<ref>{{cite news|title=Getting to grips with military robotics|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21735478-autonomous-robots-and-swarms-will-change-nature-warfare-getting-grips|accessdate=7 February 2018|work=The Economist|date=25 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Autonomous Systems: Infographic|url=https://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/home/pictures-of-the-future/digitalization-and-software/autonomous-systems-infographic.html|website=siemens.com|accessdate=7 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>。人们都认为具有自主行动能力的军用无人机很有价值<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|title=Understanding China's AI Strategy|last=Allen|first=Gregory|date=February 6, 2019|website=www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|publisher=Center for a New American Security|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317004017/https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/understanding-chinas-ai-strategy|archive-date=March 17, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>。而许多AI研究人员则正在试图远离AI的军事应用。<ref>{{cite news|last1=Metz|first1=Cade|title=Pentagon Wants Silicon Valley's Help on A.I.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/technology/military-artificial-intelligence.html|accessdate=19 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=15 March 2018}}</ref> |