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Re:DARPA now has AI-controlled F-16s working as a team in vi... by 29athrowaway on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:05PM (#26550552)
All-robotic armed forces are inevitable.

Robots don't say no, they do not need indoctrination, they keep secrets, they are expendable, they don't receive benefits, it doesn't take 20 years to make 1 robotic soldier at a time, they're repairable.

If a country decides not to go robotic, other countries will, and those countries will be in control.

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Re:DARPA now has AI-controlled F-16s working as a team in vi... by ElFitz on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:33AM (#26553790)
Well, it shows that the modern moniker for soldiers is "operators".

Weapons systems operators, transmissions operators,...

The goal never was to have boots on the ground, but rather to have guns that shoot where you want them to, when you want them to.

It just so happens that until now that required a fragile meatbag in fatigues & boots to pull the trigger.

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Re:DARPA now has AI-controlled F-16s working as a team in vi... by bartmika on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:57PM (#26550924)
"Security dilemma" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_dilemma
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