P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by admin in military | 10 Comments »

http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction — that now may not be so fictitious.

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10 Responses

  1. tastingo88 Says:

    That’s true, only a …
    That’s true, only a coward use drones to kill….it’s not enough to fly above 10 km over the target, no now they are using drones.

  2. squizzoo Says:

    Don’t worry, …
    Don’t worry, someone could never hack into a war robot and use it as a terrorist weapon.
    LOL

  3. gunman806 Says:

    Until the monkey is …
    Until the monkey is improved, war will retain its position as a favourite pass-time.

  4. Ramshobraja Says:

    A million kamikazes.
    A million kamikazes.

  5. Chromegrillz Says:

    This is more about …
    This is more about propaganda than explaining the technology about his lecture.

  6. Chromegrillz Says:

    Better than humans …
    Better than humans vs human, Lol.

  7. geodesicks Says:

    and genitalia and …
    and genitalia and stomachs that drive it.

  8. feder13 Says:

    But, once war is …
    But, once war is robots against robots… and the winner is the one who runs out of robots… then… war will become a game???

  9. tinosnit Says:

    I agree. We went …
    I agree. We went into Iraq under the delusion we would be helping them. I oppose the war not in principle, but because it was just stupid. I still stand by everything I said, though.

  10. Seamusism Says:

    Ignorant shit
    Ignorant shit

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