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want to see proof about where things are headed?

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....in regards to the crazy progress in automation, one need look no further than the US miltary, given our Defense budget:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolog ... ar-BBy9Gbn


cool article. The takehome from that can include a good reason why some of us laugh at Sigma and his vows around Russian destruction of the US, but also, pay close attention to the use of shared swarm AI, unprogrammed learning, and how far we've come already. Suddenly,my view of the near term trajectory of the private sector worldwide doesn't seem all that far-fetched, does it?
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No…except for those natural checks and balances…one of which Woody tried to point out, but pfffft why would "you" listen to Woody.
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Spidey wrote:No…except for those natural checks and balances…one of which Woody tried to point out, but pfffft why would "you" listen to Woody.
I'm wondering how well those drones can take out multiple warhead ICBM's. Drones will be fine for a battle field such as we have against ISIS.
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