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To: TobagoJack who wrote (136189)	10/20/2017 9:49:17 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 218083

The Japanese in particular have been obsessed with making machines which emulate human movements - from the mechanical click of their eyelids blinking to the whir of their neck as their head turns to direct its blind face to the person interacting with it. But they're little different from the chess playing "Turk" automaton built by Wolfgang von Kempelen in 1770 which was actually operated by a small person hidden under the chess table. It's axiomatic that machines don't need people or existence in exactly the same way asphalt roads don't need people or existence - but people use both machines and roads. The Japanese robots follow the actions and say the things their operator says in another room. This robot Sophia follows a script. I've read it was terrifying at one time when elevators began to operate autonomously without an operator, but now they're everywhere and only the insane feel threatened by them. Nor should anyone be concerned that the elevator's circuit board, which is often worked 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without a break, may later lash-out in resentment killing its human occupants in a sickening plunge. Fighter jets have already reached beyond the ability of pilots to withstand the G forces, so are deliberately movement-impaired to prevent the pilot from inadvertently killing themselves. Eliminating the fragile pilot allows the fighter to perform to its design capability and allows for the creation of craft which don't have to be sized to people. Aircraft the size of dragonflies are remarkably useful. But UN treaties require people to still be in ultimate control of a swarm of autonomous drones if they're used as a weapon - and thus drone weapon operators work under the control of lawyers delineating what is legal under their rules. Thus drones and robots are as helpful criminal as their controllers - unless they're like Sophia who when ordered to harm humans is programmed to commit their controller to a mental hospital to cure their psychopathic tendencies.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (136189)	10/21/2017 11:55:15 PM
From: stsimon	2 Recommendations Recommended By 3bar Gemlaoshi Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218083

In the United States, the move from the draft to the all volunteer military has been, in my view, catastrophic. The public no longer pays much attention to dubious military adventures like Iraq secure that their sons and daughters will not be drafted. As more sophisticated weapons systems remove more of the general population's children from war the military industrial complex will have its holy grail, perpetual war. Of course if someone pushes the wrong button it could end badly...