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If they can stop themselves from vomiting, maybe [1] [2]. I am more afraid of drone swarms with pytorch object detection obliterating everything in sight [3], o

If they can stop themselves from vomiting, maybe [1] [2]. I am more afraid of drone swarms with pytorch object detection obliterating everything in sight [3], or what Geoffrey Hinton said about the self-healing mine field [4]. Was reading now the "HoloLens environment considerations" [5], most funny aspect: "Wormholes. If you have two areas or regions that look the same, the tracker may think they're the same. This results in the device tricking itself into thinking it's somewhere else." [1] October 2022, "Microsoft Hololens causes US army nausea and headaches", https://www.avinteractive.com/markets/government-and-defence/microsoft-hololens-causes-us-army-nausea-and-headaches-18-10-2022/ https://www.avinteractive.com/markets/government-and-defence... [2] January 2023, "Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens", https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-has-laid-off-entire-teams-behind-virtual-mixed-reality-and-hololens https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-has-laid-... [3] https://fedscoop.com/darpa-drone-swarms-with-1000-unmanned-aircraft-within-5-years https://fedscoop.com/darpa-drone-swarms-with-1000-unmanned-a... [4] https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/minefield.pdf https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/minefield.pdf [5] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens-environment-considerations#wormholes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens-environm...

mschuster91 3y ago
> what Geoffrey Hinton said about the self-healing mine field Thankfully, that is more-or-less unfeasible in reality... hard to imagine such a minefield actually working out. The mines would need to be capable of autonomous movement in difficult terrain, would require at least a month worth of battery capacity and recharging capability, and it would be easy to jam their c&c frequency to completely kill that "self healing" capability.
- ly3xqhl8g9 3y ago
  Sure, it's complex technically, but nothing that almost one petadollar yearly budget can't solve [1]. [1] "White House Asks for $842 Billion in 2024 DOD Funding, 3.2 Percent Above 2023 Budget", https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/3/9/white-house-asks-for-842-billion-in-2024-dod-funding-32-percent-above-2023-budget https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/3/9/wh...
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    The thing is, do the US have a need for mine grids? You only need mines in a land war scenario as the Ukraine invasion shows at the moment, with Russian mines being the most pressing issue in the expected Ukrainian offensive campaign. The US in contrast, who should attack them with tanks or infantry? Canada and Mexico... both completely unrealistic, at least if one assumes that refugees are not supposed to be shredded by anti-personnel mines. And that completely leaves out the core problem with mines... it is easy enough to clear a path through a minefield using anti-mine weaponry, and Ukraine has gotten a lot of appropriate vehicles, ammunition and training. But the rest of the mines? They take many decades to clear up. When you go into the Croatian hinterland, where they used to fight off Serbians back in the 90s... you'll still see an awful lot of "warning, mine field" signs next to the road.
    - nradov 3y ago
      The US helps South Korea maintain a minefield in the DMZ. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106367928/us-landmine-ban-trump-korea-ukraine-russia-ottowa-treaty https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106367928/us-landmine-ban-tr...

mschuster91 3y ago

> what Geoffrey Hinton said about the self-healing mine field Thankfully, that is more-or-less unfeasible in reality... hard to imagine such a minefield actually working out. The mines would need to be capable of autonomous movement in difficult terrain, would require at least a month worth of battery capacity and recharging capability, and it would be easy to jam their c&c frequency to completely kill that "self healing" capability.

ly3xqhl8g9 3y ago
Sure, it's complex technically, but nothing that almost one petadollar yearly budget can't solve [1]. [1] "White House Asks for $842 Billion in 2024 DOD Funding, 3.2 Percent Above 2023 Budget", https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/3/9/white-house-asks-for-842-billion-in-2024-dod-funding-32-percent-above-2023-budget https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/3/9/wh...
- mschuster91 3y ago
  The thing is, do the US have a need for mine grids? You only need mines in a land war scenario as the Ukraine invasion shows at the moment, with Russian mines being the most pressing issue in the expected Ukrainian offensive campaign. The US in contrast, who should attack them with tanks or infantry? Canada and Mexico... both completely unrealistic, at least if one assumes that refugees are not supposed to be shredded by anti-personnel mines. And that completely leaves out the core problem with mines... it is easy enough to clear a path through a minefield using anti-mine weaponry, and Ukraine has gotten a lot of appropriate vehicles, ammunition and training. But the rest of the mines? They take many decades to clear up. When you go into the Croatian hinterland, where they used to fight off Serbians back in the 90s... you'll still see an awful lot of "warning, mine field" signs next to the road.
  - nradov 3y ago
    The US helps South Korea maintain a minefield in the DMZ. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106367928/us-landmine-ban-trump-korea-ukraine-russia-ottowa-treaty https://www.npr.org/2022/06/21/1106367928/us-landmine-ban-tr...