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Humanoid robots on the battlefield

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Bleh....

 

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I recently came across this article: AI Favors Nuclear Warfare in War Simulations, Raising Concerns
So the only thing lacking is a company named "Skynet" and we have a problem.

Sorry, there ís already company named Skynet it seems😨

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A question.  I would see that eventually these robots go beyond surveillance and logistics to actually fighting.  We have two robot armies facing each other on the battlefield.  Eventually one robot army wins.  Does the country that fielded the robots who lost say, "OK, you won, come in and take over our country."?  Or does the country that lost field a human army to defend themselves?

Noel

The tires are worn.  The shocks are shot.  The steering is wobbly.  But the engine still runs fine.

What worries me most about this is that with robots as soldiers it will likely become easier to start a war because it costs no human lives.

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20 hours ago, charliearon said:

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14 hours ago, Wildblue said:

it will likely become easier to start a war because it costs no human lives.

It cost no human lives at the start.  But what happens when one side starts to lose the robot battles?

Noel

The tires are worn.  The shocks are shot.  The steering is wobbly.  But the engine still runs fine.

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Awnold-bot will chew us up and spit us out! 😳

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On 3/17/2026 at 10:34 AM, birdguy said:

A question.  I would see that eventually these robots go beyond surveillance and logistics to actually fighting.  We have two robot armies facing each other on the battlefield.  Eventually one robot army wins.  Does the country that fielded the robots who lost say, "OK, you won, come in and take over our country."?  Or does the country that lost field a human army to defend themselves?

Noel

Once the feodorati were defeated, the late Roman empire could not defend itself.

What I mean is if you out-source your national defense to someone else (robots, feodorati / mercenaries, you name it), if that someone else is defeated, pretty soon your populace won't have any effective way to oppose an actual invasion....you'll have a human population that is not trained in military matters, tactics, command & control, can't even fire a gun, etc. and yeah, then it's Ahnold-time.

So like, at that point, cats could take us all over, and rule as our overlords.

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The DC robot military alliance (above) was the project of the two people below. Daleks. Cybermen.

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On 3/17/2026 at 9:20 AM, Allard said:

I recently came across this article: AI Favors Nuclear Warfare in War Simulations, Raising Concerns
So the only thing lacking is a company named "Skynet" and we have a problem.

Sorry, there ís already company named Skynet it seems😨

I would expect nothing less from a soulless, automated Algorithm bereft of compassion, emotion and the innate will to survive. Sounds like their Human masters who have the exact same faults as the Algorithms they created except for their obsessive need for adulation and their Greed.

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lay down your arems. eh ME di at ly

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7 hours ago, birdguy said:

It cost no human lives at the start.  But what happens when one side starts to lose the robot battles?

Noel

Service robots come quick-fix the broken ones on the battleground.
And when the service robots get hit too...the end is nigh.

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