UM-Bot Posted December 30, 2021 #1 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The United Nations recently failed to agree on an outright ban of autonomous weapon systems. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/353978/nations-are-spending-billions-on-killer-robot-research 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted December 30, 2021 #2 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Don't know if it's better than your citizens spending billions on silicone implants... https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-data-shows-that-americans-spent-more-than-2-billion-on-silicone-gel-breast-implants-and-injectables-in-2018-300841398.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted December 30, 2021 #3 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted December 31, 2021 #4 Share Posted December 31, 2021 You can't block technology; it won't work anymore than building walls protects empires. There's always going to be a party, inside or outside the agreement that will do an end run around it, circumventing the restrictions. `It's as about as futile as the treaty of Versailles and the Washington Naval Treaty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted December 31, 2021 #5 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The US spent $18 billion last year on this research so I doubt if the US will sign any kind of ban on the research. Probably autonomous weapons are part of the strategy to counter a Chinese army which can field millions of soldiers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted December 31, 2021 #6 Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, OverSword said: The US spent $18 billion last year on this research so I doubt if the US will sign any kind of ban on the research. Probably autonomous weapons are part of the strategy to counter a Chinese army which can field millions of soldiers. Maybe and maybe not. Ever see a videos of ants or bees mobbing much larger predators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted December 31, 2021 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tatetopa said: Maybe and maybe not. Ever see a videos of ants or bees mobbing much larger predators? Thus you counter with a mob of autonomous machines. They may ultimately be much cheaper than human soldiers. No doubt some will be fast moving maneuverable drones a couple of inches across that could be released in their thousands over enemy troops, attach to a person and explode. A swarm of cheap death to the enemy. Edited December 31, 2021 by OverSword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted December 31, 2021 #8 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, OverSword said: This you counter with a mob of autonomous machines. They may ultimately be much cheaper than human soldiers And when we have armies of autonomous machines patrolling our world will the drones also learn to evaluate insurance needs and do engineering? Will there be guitar playing drones and woodworking drones and gardening robots that are better than any human? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted December 31, 2021 #9 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Tatetopa said: And when we have armies of autonomous machines patrolling our world will the drones also learn to evaluate insurance needs and do engineering? Will there be guitar playing drones and woodworking drones and gardening robots that are better than any human? Probably. Maybe people will continue to be more innovative and have better artistic taste when it comes to making a chair, playing guitar or aesthetic presentation of gardens but machines will probably be able to do all of those things within 50 years nearly as competent as a person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted January 1, 2022 #10 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I will be a little sad if MAT-1734G a retired mobile antitank gun replaces BB King as the best blues guitarist of our era. But hey, maybe he will have a nice gravelly, metallic voice as well as the string skills. Probably have a name for his guitar too like "Depleted Uranium". That is progress I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumanB Posted January 1, 2022 #11 Share Posted January 1, 2022 This really makes me sad reading. Conscience did not develop as technology did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted January 2, 2022 #12 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyS Posted February 22, 2022 #13 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchopwn Posted February 22, 2022 #14 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Killer robots huh? What could possibly go wrong with that plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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