Imagine war crimes being committed by a little army or robots singing, "Los Locos kick your ass! Los Locos kick your face! Los Locos kick your balls into outer space!"
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iprobablybrokeitApr 20, 2026
+10
He's alive!
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[deleted]Apr 20, 2026
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Lanster27Apr 20, 2026
+43
Fun fact, the original script was to use humans for computational power, as the machines already achieved fusion.
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chefhjApr 20, 2026
+8
Which is something they are currently working on since the human brain is about 1 million time more energy efficient than a computer
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iwantawinnebagoApr 20, 2026
-1
That's silly. Ask a human to factor 1522605027922533360535618378132637429718068114961380688657908494580122963258952897654000350692006139 and they will think about it for a lifetime, consuming about 320GJ of energy without providing a solution. A modern CPU does this in seconds for pennies.
Granted, brains can do some things much more efficiently. Like image recognition.
Then again, the film is from 1999 which was Age of Empires 2 ago.
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chefhjApr 20, 2026
+10
the idea is to network neurons together and execute code on them not use an anatomical brain for computing
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redditscraperbot2Apr 20, 2026
+12
I'm not trying to be a doomer or anything, but some of those iterations of the Matrix in the Matrix lore were pretty dope.
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Lanster27Apr 20, 2026
+4
Sadly according to The Matrix’s timeline we’ll be the ones dying, aka the Second Renaissance.
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The_Grinning_ReaperApr 20, 2026
+15
Skynet, my old friend..
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Apprehensive-Sir8977Apr 20, 2026
+2
TIL that the HK tanks have a Cousin Eddie.
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cooltoneApr 20, 2026
+19
Imagine the escalation:
- the biggest factory wins
- first economic, then military
- Musk, Palantir and other tech bros decide "Why not rule the world when you have the factory."
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Atomlad360Apr 20, 2026
+21
It's always been the case - the reason the US was so powerful in WW2 was just the sheer number of factories they had to churn out ships, tanks, planes and guns
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Drongo17Apr 20, 2026
+9
Should be remembered that it wasn't just for themselves either - USA was supplying ludicrous amounts of everything to pretty much all of the Allies.
Chuikov drove to Stalingrad in an American jeep!
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Stahlin_dus_TrieApr 20, 2026
+29
If the biggest factory wins, China is going to have a field day and it's not even going to be close.
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Nukes-For-NimbysApr 20, 2026
+3
Both the Ukrainian and Russian systems heavily rely on Chinese components.
Oof they have the population to mobilise huge number of operators.
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xSaRgEDApr 20, 2026
+5
Trade Federation droid army incoming.
Just in time, considering we have the trade routes being tariffed and blockaded.
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Drongo17Apr 20, 2026
+1
Our blockaaade is perfectly legal
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uberclontApr 20, 2026
+1
China will win. It won't even be close.
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Full-Station5651Apr 20, 2026
+8
The Terminator is coming! Exciting!
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CookieDragon678Apr 20, 2026
+8
Yes they do. Hydraulics or coolant.
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hmmmyousaidwhatApr 20, 2026
+4
Can't Help Myself
https://youtu.be/ZS4Bpr2BgnE?si=3hHfZZ1j1CgOwzXc
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CookieDragon678Apr 20, 2026
+1
Thought of that too
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Pitiful-MobileGamerApr 20, 2026
+3
I wonder how long it is until we start seeing theater or even squad level EMP devices.
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Intelligent-Parsley7Apr 20, 2026
+1
You can shield for that.
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Pitiful-MobileGamerApr 20, 2026
+2
Sure you can, but now that just UPs complexity and weight.
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boerscApr 20, 2026
+3
One step closer to the Clone Wars...
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Demos22Apr 20, 2026
+3
Now imagine a 13 years old kid, logging in a new game, selecting his robot character and playing a game of war, killing an entire enemy platoon, amazed by the graphics and realism of the game.
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FirstnaymlastnaymApr 22, 2026
+1
Like Ender's Game
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Aramis444Apr 20, 2026
+2
They’re there to kick ass and chew bubblegum. But they’re incapable of chewing bubblegum.
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EmmaFrostBrokenApr 20, 2026
+4
Yeah I don't like where this is going
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Elegant-Day22801Apr 20, 2026
+4
I’m… cautiously optimistic?
If the future of war is powers throwing machines rather than young men into the meat grinder each cycle then could that not be a good thing?
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TamaDaryaApr 20, 2026
+10
An incredibly obvious possibility is the commodification of war. No need to sell "boots on the ground" to the public - more war - more death on the receiving end of the robots. It was already a concern with the proliferation of aerial drones starting two decades ago.
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Electrical-Lab-9593Apr 20, 2026
+9
yeah i can imagine they will be really expensive but politically c****.
If Trump had 100,000 terminator style robots, with air support, they would be on the ground in Iran right now doing all sorts of crazy war crimes.
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Electrical-Lab-9593Apr 20, 2026
+6
also means that they can be used where morality might be a problem, like security for billionaires or leaders mowing down protestors its good in the UAF context to save lives, but overall general purpose robots that can also kill will be nightmare fuel.
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stealthlysprocketsApr 20, 2026
+6
That would make it easier to go to war. War is not limited to the front lines away from your home. A battle of attrition is about who has the most money to spend. Eventually the losing side will attack where the humans live to gain the upper hand since that’s who’s controlling the bots.
Basically robot wars are pointless and hitting civilians will be preferred.
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Apprehensive-Sir8977Apr 20, 2026
+2
Each side will still be trying to break through to human-occupied land, to seize and/or demolish it. The distancing and abstraction of conflict probably won't be healthy for anyone, either.
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xSaRgEDApr 20, 2026
+2
Every generation has tried to come up with a way to end future war. So far none of it has worked.
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bbynowyoumaydialogueApr 20, 2026
+1
Gald they dont leak any toxic or flammable stuffl...kinda the same thing
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jugglin_hunnyApr 20, 2026
+1
I mean we could build them to, if it makes anyone feel better.
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Ultra_MetalApr 20, 2026
+1
Robots kick ass. Russia will lose the war because Russia still uses meat waves like Zhukov in WW2.
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DiscountCthulhu01Apr 20, 2026
+1
They gotta name them t800
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WelderFamiliar3582Apr 20, 2026
+1
An AI swarm of RC UNIMOGs with miniguns. A swarm is probably overkill, six would be enough for most applications.
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TX_AsylumApr 20, 2026
+1
That looks like a light machine gun and 2 RPG's, maybe an APR as well... Yup, pretty terrifying. I wonder if it has an external speaker to taunt the Russians...
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sciencephilic-guyApr 23, 2026
+1
20 years down the line, in a robot-human Cooperation Supreme Court:
"Mr. Zelensky, you sent robots into the battlefield because they don't... bleed?"
"..."
"Death sentence it is, then"
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OldGreyTrollApr 20, 2026
> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
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No-Appeal-7316Apr 20, 2026
-6
Ukraine send MY robot to the battlefield. I payed for that
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SlimfictivApr 20, 2026
+3
Payed wiz ur moni?
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No-Appeal-7316Apr 20, 2026
-2
Tax
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SlimfictivApr 20, 2026
+4
My tax moni payed to keep u in school and I didn't complain.
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No-Appeal-7316Apr 20, 2026
-2
delusional want to appear funny, try harder
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SlimfictivApr 20, 2026
+5
You're delusional, as long as you're part of the EU your money goes where it should not where your personal feelings are. Don't like it, out.
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