200 submarine drones a year? Will these be dumped in the desert with the unused tanks and planes too? What a nightmare.
Why not dumped in the ocean to watch over fiber cables and other infrastructure?
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#12200 submarine drones a year? Will these be dumped in the desert with the unused tanks and planes too? What a nightmare.
Submarines aren't exactly disposable plastic bags or straws; I don't expect they'll be mothballed that quickly, and there are doubtless secondary uses for them in research and undersea exploration. (Including industrial "exploration" for mineral and gas deposits.) The kind of fast material production you call a nightmare gives rise to all sorts of positive possibilities.
Besides, there aren't that many unused tanks and planes in the West right now. We're in the midst -- and perhaps even just the beginning -- of a military purchasing frenzy, especially in Europe.
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#13AI weapons seems like a bad bad idea.
Why?
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#14200 submarine drones a year? Will these be dumped in the desert with the unused tanks and planes too? What a nightmare.
Submarines aren't exactly disposable plastic bags or straws; I don't expect they'll be mothballed that quickly, and there are doubtless secondary uses for them in research and undersea exploration. (Including industrial "exploration" for mineral and gas deposits.) The kind of fast material production you call a nightmare gives rise to all sorts of positive possibilities. Besides, there aren't that many unused tanks a…
Maybe you can contact these guys for tanks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Army_Depot.
What positive possibilities are you talking about? I only see some version of an arms race, which is undoubtedly a human nightmare
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#15200 submarine drones a year? Will these be dumped in the desert with the unused tanks and planes too? What a nightmare.
Please post a source of the “unused tanks and planes” dumped in the desert.
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> He is also a raging racist This is not at all true. And I'll add that what the man is doing with Anduril -- single-handedly working to modernize defense development and procurement -- is downright heroic. And long overdue, to say the very least. > Anduril tech is used for mass surveillance on US borders It's a tool, and almost certainly a more humane tool than the alternatives.
Heroic feels a bit strong, but overdue I would agree. It’s an area that’ll always exist and has been neglected by US industries outside of the company’s that are just government contractors (General Dynamic, Lockheed, etc) as the supply pool for these types of products is very small & not forcing innovations via competition as a result.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Submarines aren't exactly disposable plastic bags or straws; I don't expect they'll be mothballed that quickly, and there are doubtless secondary uses for them in research and undersea exploration. (Including industrial "exploration" for mineral and gas deposits.) The kind of fast material production you call a nightmare gives rise to all sorts of positive possibilities. Besides, there aren't that many unused tanks a…
Maybe you can contact these guys for tanks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Army_Depot . What positive possibilities are you talking about? I only see some version of an arms race, which is undoubtedly a human nightmare
That's not a junkyard. It's a depot and logistical hub for tanks that are presently considered "in service."
America has a lot of tanks in service, and the desert's not a bad place to store them. Where else would you put them?
As for positive possibilities: Undersea exploration, development, resource extraction, etc. Some still dream of an expansive human future.
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#18AI weapons seems like a bad bad idea.
Why?
Putting aside all the ai-recommends-you-eat-a-few-rocks-a-day evidence...
Letting machines incapable of empathy, bereft of accountability for themselves or their creators, make decisions to end one or more lives, is a monstrous idea on its face.
Additionally, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why?
Putting aside all the ai-recommends-you-eat-a-few-rocks-a-day evidence... Letting machines incapable of empathy, bereft of accountability for themselves or their creators, make decisions to end one or more lives, is a monstrous idea on its face. Additionally, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang
Where does it say the AI weapons make decisions?