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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I see we've moved on from the 'Don't be evil' era.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From “Don’t be evil” to “Maybe just a little evil”, and now to “Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb”.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

“The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a kamikaze drone is a good guy with a kamikaze drone”

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is in the imperative mood. So he was telling other people to not be evil. He never said he shouldn't be evil.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago

And now he has the kamikaze drones to back up his demands

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 9 months ago

Honestly this seems less evil than a lot of stuff Google itself does.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is his startup really revolutionizing warfare if the thing his startup is working on is already being used in a war?

[–] clif@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry, it'll have AI and blockchain to capture those sweet sweet funding dollars.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 3 points 9 months ago

My wife bought fireplace logs marketed as "Quantum". They're just a little bigger than the standard one offered.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Damn! I missed this one. That'll easily add $1b in capital

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

War Drone with micro-transactions in shitcoin. Yay.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There are working on the next generation.

Probably an automated swarm tightly connected in a mesh network with either charging station they can fly to or mounted solar panels. Most will stay dormant, when one of the patrol drones spots an enemy, it will send a couple of the smaller kill drones to its location.

I'm guessing we might see some new camo roll out with a QR like codes embedded in them. That or maybe they will constantly blink ir lights using a code they change every week or so.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

You see these drones will track your google ad ID, much more accurate

[–] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

~~Do no evil~~

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

To anyone that thought this scifi vid was just fiction a few years ago: https://youtu.be/9fa9lVwHHqg

I’ve been worried about this for a decade+. :(

Came to the comments to post this video. You beat me to it; well done!

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Interesting video. Thanks.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Pretty powerful but I don't believe there is a way to stop this. Only delay it

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I was just reminded how the big reveal is the same as the surge. Corporate big bad was the true villain all along, even though they were already dead.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

"Do no Evil" to "Do more drone strikes".

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

Someone needs to teach a bunch of wild birds to attack drones.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Holy shit this is a war crime just from the headline

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Man. Gotta love tech bros.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

next advance in tech : drone jammers

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They already exist.

Which is why the next drone advancement is in AI that can operate independently from a lost connection to the operator.

What we need is kamikaze kamikaze drones that fly into incoming drones and blow them up before they hit their target.

kamikaze kamikaze drones that fly into incoming drones

Interesting idea. If this could shift human wars into proxy wars between robot armies, that could eliminate unnecessary suffering. Is this something to strive for?

Super. 👍