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Yeah, I imagine massive overuse on "pest" species. Mosquito eradication will be a high priority for such technology, but there will be people who modify it to
by dkarl 6y ago
Yeah, I imagine massive overuse on "pest" species. Mosquito eradication will be a high priority for such technology, but there will be people who modify it to eradicate everything that flies or crawls. Everything smaller than a cat, if they could.
I think lasers for killing large animals (including us) will be prohibitively expensive for a long time to come, fingers crossed.
- dash2 6y agoDon't worry. The robots can use machine guns like the rest of us.
- stevespang 6y agoBill Gates was already involved in a startup to radar identify and kill mosquitos with lasers . . . guess it did not go well.
- joshuaissac 6y agoIt resulted in a prototype that apparently cost $50 per unit, but no retail product yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser
- atat7024 6y agoAre there massive amounts of retail products in, say, Africa?
- joshuaissac 6y agoYes, Africa's retail market was worth US$1.4tn in 2015.[1] 1. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/africas-consumer-market-potential.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/africas...
- shantara 6y agoUnfortunately, you don't need that much power to permanently blind a human.
- Pokepokalypse 6y agofor that matter; microwaves cook us from the inside out at 100+ meters, and don't require very good aim.