Now that the 1% no longer needs the 99% to fight the wars that protect their interests, the 99% can be culled to foster optimum efficiency. The members of the 1% might simply sit in their control rooms and direct the automated drones both on the ground and in the air to purge the population that has become problematic. This is the lesson that hybrid war teaches us.
https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-178714284/hybrid-wars On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Chris Zell <[email protected]> wrote: > My God, military/prison robot applications signal a world rushing > headlong into a Terminator/Skynet situation. Ray Kurzweil seems to think > an Age Of Spiritual Machines awaits us but that looks as naïve as every > other > > hope that technology would save us from war and oppression. And who’s > going to be liable for mistakes within the well-developed legal > boiler-plate for software presently – that basically says, ‘you can’t sue > us if it doesn’t really work’. > > > > At one time, there were jokes made about ‘what if cars ran about as well > as some operating systems’ ( turn off your car and reboot it). Now, that’s > exactly where we seem to be headed. > > > > Automated phone response systems might just as well be run by an autistic > person with a low IQ. Websites leave out critical specifics or fail to > deal with emergencies – exactly what AI should be capable of handling and > isn’t. > > E-mail is a wonderful thing (as here) but customer service types can often > freely ignore pleas for help without consequence ( my experience). > > > > > > > > > > >
