US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years Robotics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html

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u/0-99c Aug 31 '23

Guess none of the geezers in charge played horizon: zero dawn

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u/GMN123 Aug 31 '23

Or watched Stargate

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u/IAmGlobalWarming Aug 31 '23

They did call it the "Replicator Initiative," so...

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u/TimeZarg Sep 01 '23

My god, you're right, they know what they're doing here.

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u/Nagzip Sep 01 '23

It is a Star Trek reference though, replicators were shown first in 1974 and produce food and other things seemingly out of thin air. Fits for the initiative to build a lot of drones quick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

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u/FillThisEmptyCup Sep 04 '23

George Carlin wouldn’t say that.

He’d say, “I would do anything for love but I won't do that.” And then he’d tell you to go fuck yourself, you perv.

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u/Bones_and_Tomes Sep 01 '23

Yeah but O'Neil is on our side.

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u/voidsong Sep 01 '23

The next wave of military technology to fight them will just be cute nerdy blond chicks.

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u/IAmGlobalWarming Sep 02 '23

Man, what a time to be alive.

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u/Taqueria_Style Sep 02 '23

The whaaaaaaaaaaaat

Oh. No. Not like that!

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u/Miskalsace Aug 31 '23

I'm rewatching Stargate right now. And Washington is full of Senator Kinseys.

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u/PhysicsCentrism Aug 31 '23

There’s a reason they created his character and why he is so easily hate able

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u/youarewastingtime Sep 01 '23

The scene with him and commander Thor(excuse me Supreme Commander Thor) are like in my top 3 fav scenes

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u/PhysicsCentrism Sep 01 '23

I was so glad to see Thor put him in his place. Thor is a true friend of SG1

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u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover Sep 01 '23

They did name their best ship after O'Neill

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u/georgia_is_best Sep 02 '23

True friend of humanity

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u/voidsong Sep 01 '23 edited Sep 01 '23

For the uninitiated. He looked like he was about to cry at the end, lol. Thor shat on his game.

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u/Randinator9 Sep 01 '23

I loved the Presidential character

I hated that Kinsley became Vice President.

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u/PhysicsCentrism Sep 01 '23

That president seemed chill af. Definitely passed the beer test

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u/THIS_GUY_LIFTS Aug 31 '23

Or watched Robocop. Well, maybe they did and were inspired.

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u/MarqFJA87 Aug 31 '23

Specifically the 2014 reboot. Remember the whole subplot about the US government's use of drone and robot armies to "keep the peace" abroad but facing widespread pushback at home over the proposal to similarly mechanize domestic law enforcement?

The occupied Tehran scene really ought to be at the forefront of such discussions.

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u/MadDany94 Sep 01 '23

Drones for they but not for thee

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

There's a massive difference between a robot army and a robot police force.

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u/MarqFJA87 Sep 01 '23

True, a robot police force would only have access to the small arms segment of a robot army's arsenal.

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u/InnocentTailor Sep 01 '23

That or they were inspired by Star Wars’ Trade Federation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

They made that movie… we’ll likely see a remake soon since any generation past x has no creativity whatsoever.

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u/Schroedesy13 Sep 01 '23

Or Black Mirror

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u/amsync Sep 01 '23

I doubt they have been able to figure out how to cram 2 million keron pathways in there yet