Posted on 11/17/2020 4:56:33 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
We stand at the threshold of a technological revolution. As Elon Musk recently explained to an audience of military personnel, “the fighter jet era has passed”. Speaking with Lieutenant General John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium, the technology executive praised the US military but stressed the fact that autonomous drone warfare had arrived. The truth is that Musk did not go far enough. Not only are we witnessing the end of fighter jets. We are witnessing the end of the Industrial-era military itself.
Like the creaking decline of Detroit automakers, so the world’s industrial-era institutions are now poised to be displaced or transformed by a rising era of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This is not a minor shift. Indeed, what we are now facing is a complete redesign of a fading industrial order. As Ray Dalio observes, we are entering a new global era.
This transition portends a dramatic shift away from rudimentary machines and toward precision electronics. More to the point, it signals a structural transformation in the nature of global security with implications for America’s military predominance.
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You sly one. I know which episode that is!
Because tech can produce engines and 50 million tons of ordnance. And all steel necessary.
Not buying it.
The human condition can contain variables that AI would never understand or emulate (One big one is fighting for your loved ones and home).
Also, what is the point of strictly using/employing AI when the enemy has the same AI?
How the hell did this “analyst” get a job at Forbes...
“As energy costs fall to near zero”
Ships (except nukes) and aircraft and ground machines will always use petroleum.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ecasPqhgk
This is what, under Biteme/Harris, will be the prime focus of DOD.
“As energy costs fall to near zero”
are we still paying $42.40gal for that green gas crap?
Vilsack explained that the future of the biofuels industry is closely tied with the military, especially the Navy, and investments today will help bring down costs in the future — and costs have already come down. The Navy purchased biofuels in October 2010 at $42.40 per gallon, but paid $26.67 per gallon for the RIMPAC exercise, which then cost $15 per gallon when blended with traditional fuel.
So do I.
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ahhh yes... Zero Point Energy
The guy lost me with his renewable energy crap. What is this guy's PhD in? He is described as a technology consultant, but is he actually an engineer?
Wind is never going to be reliable. Enviro-fascists won't let you build dams for hydroelectric power. Even a 90% efficient solar cell won't feed the insatiable power demands that our ever expanding use of electricity entails.
He also fails to mention "additive manufacturing" (3-D printing).
That said, AI and ML are going to be very disruptive. But as someone else pointed out, you still need steel for actual weapons platforms/ launchers/ projectors. Creating a vast network of sensors tied to data fusion won't be lethal unless you can put "warheads on foreheads."
Bump
The one thing you can be sure of is that you can’t be sure of anything.
Ditto for me. Renewable energy is primitive (windmills) or quickly outdated (solar). Or you can "lead the world" like China and displace millions of people building a dam and flooding their homes.
I also agree on AI and ML but for now those are brittle. And the more complex something is, the more vulnerable it is. AI can be pretty complex. Doesn't have to be, but it often is.
After all the tax incentives we ought to be getting I paid to take it.
prolly see that before ZPE
“RIMPAC”
There was a sci-fi movie called “Pacific Rim,” and the first thing that popped into my head was somebody making an adult movie takeoff called “Pacific Rim Job.”
Apologies for hijacking a normal post.
you mean they dint??? opportunity missed
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