commonsense wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:35 pm
DPMartin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:18 pm
i realize most here wouldn't see ai as mechanized but it is. its still designed to do this or that in certain circumstances. a weapon that can adjust on the fly is nothing new. and there's always a point where one must pull the trigger.
You took the words right out of my mouth. Drones, ICBMs, even tanks—they’re mechanized, computerized and triggered by humans. An AI military isn’t a future prediction—it’s here now.
in a sense, you're right, and that illustrates my point up-thread about risk and incentives
drones and missiles in particular: these remove man from the theatre, make war much less risky
missiles and drones work, today, becuz it's a one-sided affair: we, for example, have them while, for example, islamists don't
we can snipe remotely or bunker-bust and they can only be sniped or busted
but: technology disseminates (especially war technology)...at some point there's parity and war becomes chess (or, as you say, a video game), then there's the mad scramble to find the next killing machine, one superior to the enemy's, one that reduces risk further
easy war = continuous war
quickest, cleanest end to a war might be -- again -- puttin' elected, appointed, anointed, and hereditary
leaders (the architects of war) on the frontlines...with nuthin' but machetes to offend or defend with...or, we could just hang the lot in the public square...or, mebbe, just stop listenin' to 'em...or, just stop installin' 'em (or lettin' them self-install) in-office
seven billion of us bulldogged by a few million bureaucrats, technocrats, arms dealers, and soldiers, what a friggin' disgrace
'nuff said