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How is this a robot any more than any other missile? Not to say they aren't cool... but if I could mod this down I would for being misleading.

by srn 18y ago

Sam_Odio 18y ago
Agreed. After watching the video I also find the "killer robot" title misleading. Also, why not link to the original? The linked blog post adds little value. http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336 http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336
whalesalad 18y ago
I'm with you here as well. It's essentially a glorified version of the missiles that we currently use to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky. This is where all of the government Military contractors are headed, autonomous packs of weapons that hunt together and act as one mind to destroy something. My dad worked at Lockheed for 20 years and has since moved on to Northrop where they have some pretty crazy pack-hunting autonomous helicopters that look pretty fearsome. That's the kind of stuff I might worry about, but something up in outer space shooting down an enemy rocket doesn't really concern me as potentially dangerous... at least not any more dangerous than shit the Military already has :)
uuilly 18y ago
A cruise missile is a controlled. The future "robots" will be autonomous. There are plenty of UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicle) used in different theaters but very few (public) UAAV's (unmanned autonomous aerial vehicle.) A UAV has a pilot at a ground station in Florida, a UAAV has none. It is given a mission and it has objectives with priorities and, if it faces resistance or bad weather it thinks for itself. The "killer robot" headline is silly. The interesting trend is that autonomous weapons systems are operating with fewer and fewer men in the loop.
- StrawberryFrog 18y ago
  You say "trend ... fewer and fewer men in the loop." and I say "smooth transition to robots".

How is this a robot any more than any other missile? Not to say they aren't cool... but if I could mod this down I would for being misleading.

by srn 18y ago

How is this a robot any more than any other missile? Not to say they aren't cool... but if I could mod this down I would for being misleading.

Sam_Odio 18y ago

Agreed. After watching the video I also find the "killer robot" title misleading. Also, why not link to the original? The linked blog post adds little value. http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336 http://www.thirdeyeconcept.com/news/index.php?page=336

whalesalad 18y ago

I'm with you here as well. It's essentially a glorified version of the missiles that we currently use to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky. This is where all of the government Military contractors are headed, autonomous packs of weapons that hunt together and act as one mind to destroy something. My dad worked at Lockheed for 20 years and has since moved on to Northrop where they have some pretty crazy pack-hunting autonomous helicopters that look pretty fearsome. That's the kind of stuff I might worry about, but something up in outer space shooting down an enemy rocket doesn't really concern me as potentially dangerous... at least not any more dangerous than shit the Military already has :)

uuilly 18y ago

A cruise missile is a controlled. The future "robots" will be autonomous. There are plenty of UAV's (unmanned aerial vehicle) used in different theaters but very few (public) UAAV's (unmanned autonomous aerial vehicle.) A UAV has a pilot at a ground station in Florida, a UAAV has none. It is given a mission and it has objectives with priorities and, if it faces resistance or bad weather it thinks for itself. The "killer robot" headline is silly. The interesting trend is that autonomous weapons systems are operating with fewer and fewer men in the loop.

StrawberryFrog 18y ago
You say "trend ... fewer and fewer men in the loop." and I say "smooth transition to robots".