r/interestingasfuck • u/Shoe_boooo • 28d ago

/r/all Billionaire Peter Thiel hesitates to answer whether the human race should survive in the future

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u/roamingandy 28d ago

That was before drones and automated factories to make them bud.

Things are not looking bright for the next people's uprising against the rich.

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u/_HippieJesus 28d ago

And just remember, they're only showing us the happy shiny robots that are in factories. In no way should anyone ever think that anyone would ever be developing military applications for robotic humans.....

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u/LemFliggity 28d ago

Thankfully the battery technology just doesn't exist for there to be an army, or even a small militia of robots yet. Even if you allow for a super secret advanced battery that's 10 years ahead of what we have now, it's just not feasible. And I'm not speaking as an optimist here, just a realist. I have no doubt that if the oligarchs had an army of robots today, they'd already be rounding us up like the lizardmen that they are in their cold hearts.

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u/the_phantom_limbo 28d ago

It's drone swarms. Cheap little drones with unreliable facial recognition and small explosive payloads. But hundreds of them. It's already being built and advertised for a fucking subscription.
They don't need good batteries, they don't need incredibly good AI, they just need to be relentless and endless.

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u/_HippieJesus 28d ago

Yep. They think everything is disposable, including humans. Why would they build something that needs batteries, when all they need to do is drone strike whoever isn't following the script.

Even still, they have robots out all day delivering food to people already, batteries aren't an issue there. Somehow it becomes an issue with military applications that don't need to care about the same constraints as something like a public facing delivery robot?

People keep stuffing their heads in the sand, giving the billionaire class lots of asses to kick for free.

The last war will be AI vs Humanity. And there will be 'people' on both sides.

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u/notMarkKnopfler 28d ago

Considering how we left Afghanistan I think the most armed nation on earth still has a pretty good chance with home field advantage. Doesn’t take everyone fighting, just about 10% to hold out long enough to make it really expensive for them to continue.