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| Battle Droids on the Ground in Iraq - Terminator III |
| 2007-10-09 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #8 Good catch, lotp, and quite the "testing ground" too. I prefer the .50 cal sniper rifles along the Rio Grande. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-10-09 20:53 |
| #7 There is a lot of potential to use these as guard drones in isolated and inhospitable areas A description which more or less fits parts of our unguarded borders. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-10-09 20:51 |
| #6 Wait til Unreal Tournament 3 comes out. All your base are belong to us...and we shoot remotely, bitches |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-09 20:43 |
| #5 Like a promotion for a level 70 warrior with live video feed.... WoW ... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-09 20:14 |
| #4 Of course we could just wire them into WoW and watch the fun begin! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-09 20:13 |
| #3 Even if we tried to create "evil terminator" type robots we could not do it yet. Machines may malfunction these days because of the GIGO principle but creating true self-willed AI is a complex evolutionary feat of massive parallel processing we can not even approach at this point. Besides, an ego and sense of self-preservation as the highest ideal would not form spontaneously. There is a lot of potential to use these as guard drones in isolated and inhospitable areas or to augment our conventional military. And just as the internet was a military invention which eventually found wide application in civilian life, practical robotics for the home will definitely be developed more rapidly because of these military research efforts. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-10-09 19:59 |
| #2 Such 'cyborgs' would only be truly 'dangerous' if the embedded AI core were allowed autonomous decision making capability – self preservation or mission critical as have been portrayed by the sci-fi giants. |
| Posted by: CB 2007-10-09 17:34 |
| #1 I needs to speak with the governator's voice. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-09 12:23 |