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One of the big areas where AI will have a huge impact in warfare is logistics. When fighting in hostile territory (which pretty much all US wars have been since
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
One of the big areas where AI will have a huge impact in warfare is logistics. When fighting in hostile territory (which pretty much all US wars have been since the Civil War), one of the most vulnerable parts is the supply train. Having to devote humans to drive the supplies and guard the supplies is expensive and risk prone.
Instead, I imagine that supplies will be brought to the front lines via self-driving vehicles watched over by armed drones that are programmed to destroy anything that tries to interfere with the supply convoy.
Just doing that one thing will have huge implications for the way wars are fought the the costs associated with the wars.
- KineticLensman 7y ago> Instead, I imagine that supplies will be brought to the front lines via self-driving vehicles watched over by armed drones that are programmed to destroy anything that tries to interfere with the supply convoy. You only need to wreck the lead vehicle in a convoy to stop those behind making any progress. A high-tech adversary could do this by a deep precision strike, and a low-tech enemy could simply emplace some mines or IEDs (remotely triggered).