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2017 Nov 14, 10:05am   4,601 views  13 comments

by Heraclitusstudent   ➕follow (8)   💰tip   ignore  

In case you are not scared enough about the future:

www.youtube.com/embed/9CO6M2HsoIA

#future

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1   Ceffer   2017 Nov 14, 2:12pm  

The Netflix show "Black Mirror" had an episode similar to this, only they were small mechanized bees originally designed to pollinate because real bees died out.

It was one of their best shows, eerie.
2   mell   2017 Nov 14, 2:15pm  

Ceffer says
The Netflix show "Black Mirror" had an episode similar to this, only they were small mechanized bees originally designed to pollinate because real bees died out.

It was one of their best shows, eerie.

Agreed. One of their best episodes. And the one with the social likeability/status score which determines access to everything.
3   Strategist   2017 Nov 14, 2:52pm  

Heraclitusstudent says

www.youtube.com/embed/9CO6M2HsoIA

#future


Cool stuff. It's coming. No one can stop it's development.
Lets get one and use it to target "Fat little Rocketman"
4   justme   2017 Nov 14, 3:13pm  

Heraclitusstudent says
In case you are not scared enough about the future:


The problem is that a big part of the population thinks that artificial killer bees is a GOOD idea.

Aha, it was sponsored by Stuart Russel of UC Berkeley and autonomousweapons.org.
5   Heraclitusstudent   2017 Nov 14, 4:13pm  

Strategist says
Lets get one and use it to target "Fat little Rocketman"

It may start with rocketman but where does it stop?
When China or Russia have it, they wouldn't do it to us, right?
They wouldn't kill half the population of this planet, just because they can, right?
Right?
6   Heraclitusstudent   2017 Nov 14, 5:23pm  

Suppose country A has this technology, and country B doesn't. So A could conceivably invade B, destroy its factories and bring it down to stone age level. All with almost no risk and no lives cost on A's side. B is for all practical purposes at the mercy of A.

But now suppose country B is doing advanced research to get a better version that might give it an advantage against A later on. Suppose the superior version may allow B to destroy A's drones and capability, so that B could invade A and bring it to its mercy. Again that would be with minimal costs in lives and risks.

Suppose A knows B is doing this research.
If you are A, what do you do?
7   WookieMan   2017 Nov 14, 6:20pm  

Heraclitusstudent says
Suppose A knows B is doing this research.
If you are A, what do you do?

If I'm A, I nuke 'em. Fuck collateral damage. Whether I know about their research or not, I simply destroy them. This is why I'm not president. Same with N. Korea. I would have wang whipped them by now.
8   RWSGFY   2017 Nov 14, 6:31pm  

Heraclitusstudent says
They wouldn't kill half the population of this planet, just because they can, right?
Right?


Stop the histerionics, will ya? Kill half the planed with what? They already have this capability because of nukes. Did they kill half of the planet "because they can"? Will they do that with "slaughterbots"? That shit is not even in the same leauge as nukes: kevlar helmet + shotgun in hand defeats the whole thing on individual level and modern militaries have enough electronic warfare capabilities to put the kibosh on that shit pronto. The notion of them being "untreacable" is laughable too: every fucking thing is fucking traceable.
9   WookieMan   2017 Nov 14, 6:39pm  

KimJongUn says
electronic warfare capabilities

This. This is why nukes are king shit of fuck mountain. You're not getting those electronic flies, once they're found out, close to anything that matters. They'll do well taking out a trailer park or even a yuppie subdivision, but that's about it.
10   Heraclitusstudent   2017 Nov 14, 9:13pm  

KimJongUn says
Did they kill half of the planet "because they can"?


No, No, No, you don't understand.

First they can't use nuked without being nuked themselves. MAD maybe crazy but it has proved remarkably stable.
Now do the math:
1 - With AI most humans will become useless as far as producing anything of value.
2 - The population grows to 10 trillions this century. Many basic resources will run out, pollution will be a problem, ecosystems will be destroyed, massive waves of immigration threaten developed countries, etc...
3 - you have a technology where 1 centralized decision can lead to humm... unloading a lot of people, without ever seeing your victims - AND STILL leave the world intact for the survivors.

I don't want to give people bad ideas, but I see a dangerous slope here.
11   Strategist   2017 Nov 14, 9:26pm  

Heraclitusstudent says
Strategist says
Lets get one and use it to target "Fat little Rocketman"

It may start with rocketman but where does it stop?
When China or Russia have it, they wouldn't do it to us, right?
They wouldn't kill half the population of this planet, just because they can, right?
Right?


Actually, I trust the Chinese and Russians not to, because we could do the same to them, and we are back to MAD.
I say we quickly develop this technology and show them who is the boss, before they do.
12   Heraclitusstudent   2017 Nov 14, 10:08pm  

KimJongUn says
That shit is not even in the same leauge as nukes: kevlar helmet + shotgun in hand defeats the whole thing on individual level and modern militaries have enough electronic warfare capabilities to put the kibosh on that shit pronto

This is just one example that would be efficient on civilians: you may well have war weapons with high precision machine gun on drones swarming around a target, and high precision bomb drones.
The balance of weaponry will have to be entirely rewritten, one way or an other.
13   Heraclitusstudent   2017 Nov 14, 10:11pm  

Strategist says
Actually, I trust the Chinese and Russians not to, because we could do the same to them

We could still nuke them. Thanks god for nukes.
But that's also why you're not taking out rocketman.

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