If you’re interested in some deep academic thought on the topic of AI in warfare, I highly recommend Berkeley’s Stuart Russell’s two-part lecture on the topic, which you can find on the CBC Radio program, Ideas:
"This Terminator picture is wrong for so many reasons. First of all, the Terminators fire a lot of bullets that miss their targets. Why do they do that? Secondly, it makes people think that autonomous weapons are science fiction. They are not. You can buy them today," Russell explained.
"Third, it makes people think that the problem is SkyNet, the global software system that controls the Terminators. It becomes conscious, it hates humans, and it tries to kill us all."
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/quit-using-the-terminator-as-...
"This Terminator picture is wrong for so many reasons. First of all, the Terminators fire a lot of bullets that miss their targets. Why do they do that? Secondly, it makes people think that autonomous weapons are science fiction. They are not. You can buy them today," Russell explained.
"Third, it makes people think that the problem is SkyNet, the global software system that controls the Terminators. It becomes conscious, it hates humans, and it tries to kill us all."