Combots at TL-7/8
- Thread starter Keklas Rekobah
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WarBots!
They are called "warbots", not combots. Combots are for sending messages.
And that site blows, I couldn't stand waiting for it to load. Still, they are so cute, our little Terran warbots.
They are called "warbots", not combots. Combots are for sending messages.
And that site blows, I couldn't stand waiting for it to load. Still, they are so cute, our little Terran warbots.
They are called "warbots", not combots. Combots are for sending messages.
And that site blows, I couldn't stand waiting for it to load. Still, they are so cute, our little Terran warbots.
Yes - and never, EVER "battlebots!"
Keklas Rekobah
SOC-14 1K
What more emphatic message is there than 'BOOM'?
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Vitality Adjustment Bots?
whitedalek
SOC-9
Mortality Enhancement Bots ?
I, for one, welcome our new robot masters ...
At some point, when robots are fighting robots, what will be the point? I read something somewhere recently that seems somewhat relevant now; the author basically stated that the development of "warbots" may actually increase the use of violence as a tool of statecraft since Pentagon officials won't have to contend with the sight of flag drapped caskets being shown on CNN. Although I'm all for saving human and specifically soldiers' lives, I do see his point.
At some point, when robots are fighting robots, what will be the point? I read something somewhere recently that seems somewhat relevant now; the author basically stated that the development of "warbots" may actually increase the use of violence as a tool of statecraft since Pentagon officials won't have to contend with the sight of flag drapped caskets being shown on CNN. Although I'm all for saving human and specifically soldiers' lives, I do see his point.
BlackBat242
SOC-14 1K
The "cleaner", and more "sanitized" you make war, the less hellish it becomes... and thus incites less public opposition.
The more disconnected the public becomes from the soldiers doing the fighting, the more disinterested the public becomes in both the military and the wars being fought.
If war can be shifted to nearly entirely machine vs machine, with few or no human casualties, then the public won't care whether a war is being waged or not (except as it affects their tax levels & consumer goods availability).
Therefore, war would become the normal means of settling disputes, replacing diplomacy entirely.
The more disconnected the public becomes from the soldiers doing the fighting, the more disinterested the public becomes in both the military and the wars being fought.
If war can be shifted to nearly entirely machine vs machine, with few or no human casualties, then the public won't care whether a war is being waged or not (except as it affects their tax levels & consumer goods availability).
Therefore, war would become the normal means of settling disputes, replacing diplomacy entirely.
whitedalek
SOC-9
then what happens with a cyberwar ?
as in an internet based conflict fought using infowar proxies and sabotage viruses ?
would society return to using isolated/decentralized systems that are safer because they're not totally networked ?
as in an internet based conflict fought using infowar proxies and sabotage viruses ?
would society return to using isolated/decentralized systems that are safer because they're not totally networked ?
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