Even the North Koreans have a credible program in the works for robotic soldiers. This is something many nations are working on, and America's been working on it for a very long time. It's on its way. Not only has America already fielded several different kinds of independent robotic platforms in combat, but more are coming, some of which will indeed replace infantry troops and tank crews. This is no joke and there's nothing fictional about it.
Will these things eventually become intelligent enough to do a Skynet on us, and unleash Terminators on the human race? I cannot say one way or another. It's been predicted so many times for more than a century now, I can't imagine it's impossible. It would certainly be poetic justice.
Expect robot troops; they'll be hovering affairs with mini-heli blades whirring on the top, with cameras and machineguns. They already have remote-controlled versions of these things aloft. The robotized, self-directed variety are only a short way behind them.
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Date: 2007-06-09 05:04 am (UTC)Will these things eventually become intelligent enough to do a Skynet on us, and unleash Terminators on the human race? I cannot say one way or another. It's been predicted so many times for more than a century now, I can't imagine it's impossible. It would certainly be poetic justice.
Expect robot troops; they'll be hovering affairs with mini-heli blades whirring on the top, with cameras and machineguns. They already have remote-controlled versions of these things aloft. The robotized, self-directed variety are only a short way behind them.