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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by visarga on Saturday November 05, 2016 @02:30AM (#12878469)
> Once you can launch an invasion without losing any soldiers, war seems like a much less dangerous proposition.

Yes, but how can you stop everyone else from doing the same, if the AI part will be trivial to replicate?

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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by taneq on Saturday November 05, 2016 @08:20AM (#12879439)
Once one group has an AI capable of managing a drone army in near-optimal fashion, there won't be an 'everyone else'.
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Re:DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI re... by visarga on Saturday November 05, 2016 @02:37PM (#12881183)
It's already done, the military is already killing people with AI driven drones.

Even hobbyists can 3D print drones and jet engines (really, check YouTube). The AI needed to fly a plane is much less than the one to drive a car.

[for reference] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YcM6E_rg3A

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