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| Robotic warfare? Inevitable or No Way? | | |
Staff |  Bradley | Mar 20, 2005 7:03pm | | As I read more and more about where AI, robotics, and materials science are going (lighter, stronger, etc.) I cannot help but think that at some point in the next 30 years, we won't be fighting our own wars hand-to-hand... Do you agree or disagree? Why? |
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Sponsor | | ar0cketman | Mar 21, 2005 10:00pm | Ultimately, I see little conflict with your premise.
In aviation combat, we've long exceeded the ability to keep pilots conscious, and probably living.
Ground combat still has a way to go, in general, especially urban conflicts, where there is significant intelligence required in IFF. No doubt recent conflicts have paved the way for augmented systems. I think we're a long way away from largely stand-alone warfare, but if multiple operators could effectively control a single unit, the short term (< 5 yrs) could show significant inroads. |
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Sponsor | | digitalnova | Dec 1, 2005 8:21am | | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have been used to destroy enemy targets for several years. These are remotely controlled by human operators however. So far, AI systems at best only perform as well as human operators and therefore have not been deemed a useful replacement. |
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|  TechTurk | Dec 1, 2005 9:24am | Aren't ballistic and cruise missiles examples of robotic strikes? Seems like robotic warfare has been a reality for decades.
Ultimately, though, the point of warfare is either to control land or people. Land must be controlled by at least a temporary human occupation, and people must be controlled in the most extreme circumstances by threat of death. Unless those things change, I believe there will never be a completely "robotic" war (no human interaction/casualty). |
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|  |  137864 | Dec 1, 2005 11:28am | It's already here, check the recent (4 months ago I think) newscientist article,
America has remote controlled tanks, would be easy to control from a loooong way off, just send in the remote controll tanks once they drop in price from $400,000 each! (they are small but can takeout many people) they are sick little things it's nasty..but less loss of life 9only one side does the dying....
the poor side. |
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