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[–] likebudda@reddthat.com 6 points 1 month ago

People in this thread are really underestimating the value of the ketamine perspective. How exactly would YOU going to protect us from the lurkers in the shadows?

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Lol, Americas fucked, what does elon of all people know about warfare or military anything.

AI almost caused the American army to attack a Chinese ship that they though was shipping nuclear development machines, it wasn't but if they hadn't found out the AI thry used for the intelegence analysis made an few hours later, they might have engaged with china under false pretences.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

insofar as the military exists to siphon public funds into oligarch hands (which is basically all the DoD exists to do, when it not being used being used to kill brown people), musk is kind of an expert

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Looking forward to the teleoperated robot super soldier army of the future.

[–] jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Peter Thiel appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of class warfare

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Misery loves company.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes. About time to gut the US armed forces as well. And surely have yet another shit show with Trump. /s

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only thing getting gutted here is anything that has to do with ethics. LLMs do not second guess illegal commands or refuse to fulfill them, LLMs do not have qualms killing civvies, LLMs in general do not have issues with atrocities (or might even strategically deploy them), LLMs are never whistleblowers. The next Abu Ghraib will have noone leaking photos.

The 20% of generals they want to cut are those in positions that could prevent this future from happening.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

putin is sure happy this is happening hes been trying forever to get us forces out of places where russia would be.

[–] mrbeano@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Grok now screening all mid-term ballots for evidence of Hamas

[–] doctor0710@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

This is the part where Ted Faro pivots from "saving the world" to war machines?

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what's he gonna do like... schedule the next war?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

They will mount him into the head of a rocket, fire him into Iran, and he will them potently bankrupt the country with stupid ideas like vacuum train tunnels.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 2 points 1 month ago

2055 - the US expeditionary force has been bogged down in the desert for 120 days with no resupply or recharge in sight. Tank commanders report they can do nothing to stop the enemy’s harrying hit-and-fade attacks in their Hilux technicals as the targeting systems pro subscription has expired and cannot be renewed due to connectivity issues.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Terrifying prospect

[–] 3daybanwithdrawl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"Alien hires another alien"

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