Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers

Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by femto on Monday March 17, 2025 @10:39PM (#43395219)

> On the other hand if communication is possible that puts a leash on this dynamic

I'm a bit more pessimistic than that. I think the driver for autonomy will be that the speed at which things happen on the battlefield. People being attacked with automated weapons might not be able to make response related decisions fast enough. The automation will be in place to enable a rapid response. It will become an arms race involving speed of attack and response. It will be the military equivalent of high-frequency trading, involving things like swarms and directed energy weapons.

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by ethbr1 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @12:13AM (#43395687)

The phrase you're looking for is OODA loop, popularized in the 80s.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategi...

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by dataviz1000 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @03:04AM (#43396472)

> Boyd’s Law of Iteration: speed of iteration beats quality of iteration [0]

[0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/boyds-law-of-iteration/

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by ethbr1 on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @10:34AM (#43399944)

Also, Patton's classic 'a good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week'

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by genewitch on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @08:54AM (#43398860)

I personally won't worry until microwave ovens are regulated. I'm still sore that I didn't publish a decade ago.

c.f. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XdcWToy2c

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Re:Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers by thfuran on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @09:21AM (#43399137)

What?

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