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talkpolitics2020-01-02 10:55 am
tcpip) wrote in talkpolitics2020-01-02 10:55 am
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Weapons and The Technological Singularity
Apparently, this is the topic of the month. It just so happens I wrote a short piece about part of the subject in December 2018, which I would like to invite some discussion over. Namely, the idea of rogue automated weaponry.
In the End, the Machines Will Win.
And specific technologies aside, this the issue that I have been grappling with for a very long time:
Whilst suffering "a few" plot holes, I think the drones in the movie Oblivion were pretty interesting as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg
In the End, the Machines Will Win.
And specific technologies aside, this the issue that I have been grappling with for a very long time:
The underlying problem is that human moral reasoning is amplified by our technological capability - which can be positive or negative. If you like the moral reasoning determines the mathematical sign, our own actions are a number, indicating the force of the action, and technology is a multiplier (enhancing) or divisor (restricting) or actions. Over time it becomes possible for a person to engage in actions well and truly above their personal ability.
Whilst suffering "a few" plot holes, I think the drones in the movie Oblivion were pretty interesting as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEby9OkePpg