From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Feb 21 2003 - 14:26:04 MST
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Jef Allbright wrote:
> Thought this article from today's LA Times might be of interest:
[big snip]
> The goal this time is to meet a congressional mandate, set in 2000, that at
> least one in three future army battle systems be unmanned. Despite huge
> advances in civilian and military robotics in recent years, the necessary
> sensors, software and other technology for real robot-assisted warfare
> doesn't yet exist."
If they achieve this goal I've got a very good use for it. Presumably
we could apply the same rules to members of congress. Replacing a third
of them with autonomous look-alike robots seems likely to have much
lower payroll and pension costs in the long term.
And there are a couple of German and French politicians that I
can envision being the subject of early beta test replacements
as well.
Robert
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