Re:A new kind of labor movement in Silicon Valley?
by yourbandsucks on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @06:19PM
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.. so it's just because it sounds spooky?
Because I thought we were talking about CNN based image recognition in the real world, here.
Could you explain to me, in a few short steps, how we get from there to skynet? I'm assuming this involves top military brass just blithely taking humans out of the loop in drastic contradiction to 75 years of established US aerospace culture?
Seriously, I want to hear something convincing about why I'm wrong on this. There must be something.
Re:A new kind of labor movement in Silicon Valley?
by skybrian on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @06:54PM
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I don't really expect the U.S. military to take humans out of the loop any time soon. But the tech industry doesn't seem to be very good at keeping secrets. And IED's and car bombs are already a thing, right?
It is a bit weird that people will work on drones as open-source tech and not for the U.S. military. With the open source stuff, anyone could use it.
Good image recognition is a step towards not needing a human operator and that could change a lot. It's no longer a 1:1 or even 1:10 relationship with a human organization. They're more like intelligent mines that can be manufactured and deployed in bulk. They're no longer dependent on a radio signal and can lie in wait indefinitely on a roof somewhere for a good ambush.
No doubt he makes it sound easier than it is; tech often has unexpected limitations. But, it seems like it would be hard to show that it couldn't happen. It seems well worthwhile to try to ban the things (similar to mines).