[ExI] US to Build Robot Army to Counter China's Growing Power

[efc at swisscows.email]

Next steps is to build them an arena so we can minimize collateral damage 
as well.

And of course, the step after that is selling tickets to the events! ;)

Best regards,
Daniel


On Thu, 31 Aug 2023, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:

> US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over
> next two years
> August 30, 2023
>
> <https://theconversation.com/us-military-plans-to-unleash-thousands-of-autonomous-war-robots-over-next-two-years-212444>
>
> Quotes:
> The United States military plans to start using thousands of
> autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter
> China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks
> announced in a speech on Monday.
>
> Military systems capable of various degrees of independent operation
> have become increasingly common over the past decade or so. But the
> scale and scope of the US announcement makes clear the future of
> conflict has changed: the age of warfighting robots is upon us.
>
> A global change
>
> The US may be the first nation to field large numbers of autonomous
> systems, but other countries will be close behind. China is an obvious
> candidate, with great strength in both artificial intelligence and
> combat drone production.
>
> However, because much of the technology behind autonomous military
> drones has been developed for civilian purposes, it is widely
> available and relatively cheap. Autonomous military systems are not
> just for the great powers, but could also soon be fielded by many
> middle and smaller powers.
> ---------------------
>
> It looks like the plan is to fight future wars with robots only.
> Good news that war won't interrupt our 'staring-at-screens' time.
>
> BillK
>
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