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03-27-2005, 08:02 PM
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To me I think this is a bad idea. What is going to happen in the future? Are we going to disagree with the way a nation is running and deploy these robots to kill them? Are we going to have wars that would be victorious depending on who has the most or better robots?
What do you guys think?
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03-27-2005, 08:49 PM
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Level up: 35%, 76 Points needed | | I didn't read the article but I don't think that the technology is going to be good enough in our lifetime to be able to control a robot effectively enough to be an effective fighting force. | |
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Originally Posted by liberalguy CNET News - Army to deploy robots that shoot
To me I think this is a bad idea. What is going to happen in the future? Are we going to disagree with the way a nation is running and deploy these robots to kill them? Are we going to have wars that would be victorious depending on who has the most or better robots?
What do you guys think? | Don't they know that the machines are going to turn on us and try to exterminate us?
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I heard a report about this and the report I heard was this would be robots controlled by doctors for use at MASH style units near the battlefield.They also said it would be at least 10 years away. | |
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03-31-2005, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by liberalguy CNET News - Army to deploy robots that shoot
To me I think this is a bad idea. What is going to happen in the future? Are we going to disagree with the way a nation is running and deploy these robots to kill them? Are we going to have wars that would be victorious depending on who has the most or better robots?
What do you guys think? | What do you think a missile is? A small human like creature controlling it? It is a flying robot. Whoever has the better missile wins the fight. Would you rather get shot at or risk a robot. Would you walk up to a box on the side on the road with a wire hanging out of it, or have a robot go up to it.
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Points: 16,842, Level: 82 | Level up: 83%, 8 Points needed | | Don't the best trained soldiers with the best tools win the wars? As long as the robot is used as a tool. Using robots to replace all the soldiers would not be a good thing.
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Using robots to replace all the soldiers would not be a good thing.
| I highly doubt that will ever happen. Also this hypothesis brought up by liberalguy was never mentioned in that article. | |
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Using robots to replace all the soldiers would not be a good thing.
| I highly doubt that will ever happen. Also this hypothesis brought up by liberalguy was never mentioned in that article. | Unlike most robots, the machine gun-mounted Talon won't be autonomous. People will guide it via radio commands or fiber networks and then have full control over the gun.
He problly didn't even read it.... I didn't until now.
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Originally Posted by liberalguy CNET News - Army to deploy robots that shoot
To me I think this is a bad idea. What is going to happen in the future? Are we going to disagree with the way a nation is running and deploy these robots to kill them? Are we going to have wars that would be victorious depending on who has the most or better robots?
What do you guys think? | What do you think a missile is? A small human like creature controlling it? It is a flying robot. Whoever has the better missile wins the fight. Would you rather get shot at or risk a robot. Would you walk up to a box on the side on the road with a wire hanging out of it, or have a robot go up to it. |
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