4.17.2006

 

The new breed of soldier: Robots with guns

The new breed of soldier: Robots with guns

From the article:That phrase "we don't have to beg anymore" will soon be true of all robots:So, where will all the people currently holding those jobs end up?

See Robotic Nation for details.

Comments:
I'm afraid that it's all too likely that a vast and sudden shift in the concentration of wealth would lead, at least initially, to some variation of a feudal society before any sort of new infrastructure could be created. Unfortunately, feudal systems have almost always failed through mass violence, which robot armies may make impossible.
 
"It seems obvious to me that eventually the entire economy will be robotized. "

In a manner of speaking... the job market will be supplemented with specialized (vs. general) robotic help and smarter kiosks (this includes self-checkout style lanes) at retail stores and other public venues.

The military will be supplemented with smarter armed robots and "mules" to carry supplies. The skies will be monitored with smarter software and under the ground will be monitored with smarter and more penetrative sensors.

Despite all this, extremists of all stripes will never be conquered with robots alone.
 
When robots are able to manufacture all kinds of things with just the raw materials and the energy required, you will see even the standard of living for even the poorest folks go up. The dumps of the world are actually a great source for both.

We'll have open source robots so that everything already in the public domain can be replicated without paying.

Educational software and robots will also advance to the point where people can learn in their own way the things they need to know to get out of poverty and to keep from being exploited.

Improved nutrition and medicine, also enabled by robots will also help spare folks from the worst effects of poverty.

The potential for good and the potential for bad are both enormous. It will still be up to us to make smart choices.
 
Sure...with the power of cheap robotic labor and custom fabrication machines, we'll be up to our eyeballs in radicals making bombs/virii/killer-drones! LOL!
 
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