[ExI] Silicon Valley Rushes Toward AI Warfare

[Kelly Anderson]

Well... the Crimean Bridge is too far away to attack with artillery,
and seems to still be standing after being a prime target for a couple
of years.

-Kelly

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 4:17 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Bridges?  You mean the big, static, immobile things that can be attacked by artillery, where artillery shells are generally even cheaper than drones with an equivalent explosive payload?
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, 3:57 AM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ukrainians have really shown the way forward with autonomous naval and
>> aerial drones. It's incredibly asymmetric. The worst weapon in the
>> Russian's arsenal these days seems to be their tanks. It's just too
>> easy to use a $3,000 autonomous or semi-autonomous drone weapon to
>> destroy a $4 million dollar tank. Similarly, $300,000 naval drones are
>> sinking $40 million dollar ships either by themselves or in packs. The
>> Russian navy caught in the Black Sea are fish in a barrel. Apparently
>> bridges are harder to attach with drones up to this point... which
>> leaves an interesting hole for the Silicon Valley war gangs to fill.
>> Any autonomous bridge attack mechanism would certainly be something
>> I'd want to invest in right now.
>>
>> -Kelly
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:44 AM BillK via extropy-chat
>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Silicon Valley Rushes Toward Automated Warfare That Deeply Incorporates AI.
>> > We can’t let those who will profit most from its unbridled application
>> > make the rules for how AI should be used.
>> >
>> > By William D. Hartung, TomDispatch, Published June 25, 2024
>> >
>> > <https://truthout.org/articles/silicon-valley-rushes-toward-automated-warfare-that-deeply-incorporates-ai/>
>> > Quotes:
>> > The reasons for this headlong rush include a misplaced faith in
>> > “miracle weapons,” but above all else, this surge of support for
>> > emerging military technologies is driven by the ultimate rationale of
>> > the military-industrial complex: vast sums of money to be made.
>> > -------
>> > AI is coming, and its impact on our lives, whether in war or peace, is
>> > likely to stagger the imagination. In that context, one thing is
>> > clear: we can’t afford to let the people and companies that will
>> > profit most from its unbridled application have the upper hand in
>> > making the rules for how it should be used.
>> > ------------------
>> >
>> > BillK
>> >
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