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I don't know what else could make it any clearer but the world is already well into an AI terminator WW3.

> I don't know what else could make it any clearer but the world is already well into an AI terminator WW3.

What does this even mean? You've combined 3 completely unrelated terms in Ai, terminator and WW3 to create, well I'm not sure what you mean here....

In which way are they unrelated in a cultural context where Terminator the movie franchise is a thing?

In the context of the real world, which is where we live, and which is different from a fictional movie.

Wait, wasn't the Terminator Governor of California a while back?

It’s one thing to argue that an AI terminator WW3 scenario is unlikely or implausible. It’s just disingenious to claim those three things have nothing to do with each other.

An AI terminator driven WW3 might make more sense. AI terminator being an AI programed to terminate people (that could go off the rails).

Terminator is a movie about how AI was given too much control over military resources and started WW3 in order to wipe out as much as possible of humanity in one go. This story is about the integration of AI into the military, in a way designed to kill humans.

It doesn't seem unrelated to me.

Dozens of countries are churning out and beginning to utilize fully autonomous killing machines.

Well, WWII has been over for a while now and if those who are dissatisfied with the outcome continue to be on the increase, there will eventually be enough of them who see no alternative to WW3 and become quite enthusiastic for such an event no matter how destructive.

There could already be critical mass among the dissatisfied they just don't have the resources to get the whole world involved.

Yet.

Isn't that fine? Let's get a bunch of robot armies in one place like we used to do in the ancient days and let them duke it out. Whoever wins wins.

Army jobs getting automated is one thing I could get behind.

Just keep the drones out of the civilian areas.

> Just keep the drones out of the civilian areas.

I have some bad news for you out of Afghanistan...

That's exactly what Gatling thought of machine guns. They were supposed to automate the military jobs which was supposed to limit casualties and also make humanity reconsider going to war.

Can you direct me somewhere to learn more about Gatling's ethos?

I only have this quote from Gatling himself: "It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine - a gun - which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease [would] be greatly diminished."

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