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Someone still has to man the lengthy manufacturing and supply chains to build these things and their consumables plus someone needs to be deployed into the thea

Someone still has to man the lengthy manufacturing and supply chains to build these things and their consumables plus someone needs to be deployed into the theater of operations to perform logistical support and maintenance to keep your hypothetical killbots in action. (Automated manufacturing is one thing, automated diagnosis and repair is quite another.) Someone also has to have acquired enough military expertise to command these units effectively, something "a certain technical elite" feels is beneath them.

justinjlynn 10y ago
> something "a certain technical elite" feels is beneath them. A very common sentiment. However, please remember that the skills to get in at the bottom of each field are radically different and don't let that colour your perception of the top of each field.
- deathhand 10y ago
  Additionally - If the elites make it lucrative enough it will be easy enough to get labor necessary to complete the tasks. Tribalism is real and if they were able to convince a subset of people to complete their ends then controlling the minority/subset would be easy. It boils down to basically why Nazi's and Aryan pride were successful.
  - ___start 10y ago
    yes but in the end they lost, nazi's were defeated, the freedom-loving humans won :o
    - spacecity1971 10y ago
      The elites mentioned would just use ML to war game and hone tactics, and no one has experience fighting with (or defending against) this type of mechanized warfare.
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supergreg 10y ago
Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite.
- ThrowawayR2 10y ago
  >Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite. This is a prime example of the disdain for the military I was talking about. Actual warfighting is far more complex than noob tubing and zerg rushes, I assure you.

justinjlynn 10y ago

> something "a certain technical elite" feels is beneath them. A very common sentiment. However, please remember that the skills to get in at the bottom of each field are radically different and don't let that colour your perception of the top of each field.

deathhand 10y ago
Additionally - If the elites make it lucrative enough it will be easy enough to get labor necessary to complete the tasks. Tribalism is real and if they were able to convince a subset of people to complete their ends then controlling the minority/subset would be easy. It boils down to basically why Nazi's and Aryan pride were successful.
- ___start 10y ago
  yes but in the end they lost, nazi's were defeated, the freedom-loving humans won :o
  - spacecity1971 10y ago
    The elites mentioned would just use ML to war game and hone tactics, and no one has experience fighting with (or defending against) this type of mechanized warfare.

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supergreg 10y ago

Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite.

ThrowawayR2 10y ago
>Plenty of videogames have trained people for that. The lower end of the technical elite. This is a prime example of the disdain for the military I was talking about. Actual warfighting is far more complex than noob tubing and zerg rushes, I assure you.