Robots... mmmm....

[prowler1971]

Got this from solipsistnation

iRobot Secures Funding For Military Robot

Despite my laudanum-fueled fantasy, the SUGV will not be a military-grade Roomba, aimlessly wandering battlefields on the grid, slurping up enemy combatants.

For my own personal opinion, I'd much rather have robots doing the governments dirty work than humans.

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[usagijer.livejournal.com]

Hahah Humanoid!

Haha Intruder!

[bratling.livejournal.com]

For my own personal opinion, I'd much rather have robots doing the governments dirty work than humans.

i must respectfully disagree.

if we do this, it will make not only our government, but our electorate, more willing to engage in military actions. if military actions only has a dollar cost associated, and not a human cost, then war becomes merely a budget issue.

war must involve our own deaths, or we will engage in it endlessly.


you might wish to read Joe Haldeman's Forever Peace for more on this topic.