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Larry Niven ! funny you mention cameras - I was thinking about "subject tracking autofocus" as I was skimming that article. A large-scale non-nuclear war (is

• ben_w 7y ago
  > A large-scale non-nuclear war (is that even possible) in modern times would be pretty nasty I’m not clear where the boundary is between “war” and other events involving large numbers of deliberate fatalities where the goals involve changing governance or borders. That said, considering recent tech developments and looking at the cost of each part separately, I won’t be surprised if the next decade gives us a genocidal conspiracy where a hundred people kill a million with self-made remote controlled or autonomous weapons.
  • taneq 7y ago
    It's "war" if the other guys are doing it and it's "peacekeeping" if we're doing it (no matter who 'we' and 'the other guys' are).
• SlipperySlope 7y ago
  China has pledged no first use of nukes. Suppose they go for Taiwan with amphibious assault. US Navy robot torpedo mines lurking offshore sink their navy for a while, but their ballistic anti ship missile swarms keep the USN carrier fleet way out of range. This sets the scene for conventional war and mass military deaths as the commies would spare the cities of Taiwan they want to occupy. Trump or his successor would be tempted to nuke mainland ports but mutual assured destruction would prevent it. Likely there is a growing motivation for Taiwan to get their own nukes as the Mainland Chinese fleet grows in size. Israel is the precedent.