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Comment by hueving | Hacker News Reader

This is a bit dramatic though because these robots can't reload themselves. Automated targeting for a single area is miles away from planning strategy, deploying battle groups, etc.

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> This is a bit dramatic though because these robots can't reload themselves.

Neither can mines, and look at the decades of devastation those have caused. Now imagine a minefield where the mines get up and chase after you.

I just love hacker news. One of the last bastions of people who think on the internet. This comment is succinct, dead on the money, and absolutely terrifying. My hat is off to you, I had never managed to formulate the risk so concisely. :-) Keep on doing this, and you help keep us all honest.

Truly the stuff of nightmares. Makes me think about that episode of Black Mirror with the Big Dog (DARPA) inspired surveillance robot...

Not dramatic - the robots are not expected to reload - one robot one kill - simple as that- mass produced plastic, lots of robots, no intention whatsoever for reusability - the risk is that this means you dump thousands to millions of these stupid little drones, many make mistakes, and many others take naps and then wake up and do more damage when everyone thought it was all over. These are disposable killing machines, not Reapers. Furthermore, at todays prices, a cloud infrastructure and a million dollars can net you 10K lethal drones. There's no finesse, just brute force.

None of that stuff sounds impossible, though. Hard, sure, but well within the bounds of possibility.

> This is a bit dramatic though because these robots can't reload themselves

Yet...

Seriously, I've already got three ideas cooking on how that could be done. That's essentially the same skill as landing.

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