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>keeping manufacturing capability up and running is bad
it's good. expensive, sure, but good none the less. especially several *competing* programs and organizations in parallel.
>keeping manufacturing capability up and running is bad
it's good. expensive, sure, but good none the less. especially several *competing* programs and organizations in parallel.
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1336741598449737728
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>rockets and tech wins wars
???
we've been there before, several times in fact. every single time humans turned out to be better at it. every time guns were removed from a fighter aircraft, they had to be re-introduced *ex post haste*.
>rockets and tech wins wars
???
we've been there before, several times in fact. every single time humans turned out to be better at it. every time guns were removed from a fighter aircraft, they had to be re-introduced *ex post haste*.
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1336742029838073858
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"but mark", i hear you object, "how could an imperfect human perform better than a perfect machine?"
humans are much better at making spot decisions
and at OODA, precision observation, etc.
than at predicting all possible scenarios and programming machines.
"but mark", i hear you object, "how could an imperfect human perform better than a perfect machine?"
humans are much better at making spot decisions
and at OODA, precision observation, etc.
than at predicting all possible scenarios and programming machines.
4/
we *suck* at programming so much that we get near-monthly updates for the machine you are using right now - and even the update process itself *sucks* appreciably.
we used to know that. don't let the knowledge get lost, like knowledge of sources of vit C preventing scurvy was
we *suck* at programming so much that we get near-monthly updates for the machine you are using right now - and even the update process itself *sucks* appreciably.
we used to know that. don't let the knowledge get lost, like knowledge of sources of vit C preventing scurvy was
5/
how come humans are better at it than computers?
we are great at passing on knowledge in *informal ways*, and we are mediocre-to-terrible at codifying it.
recall how much better *a culture* handles rules than *a body of codified law*.
how come humans are better at it than computers?
we are great at passing on knowledge in *informal ways*, and we are mediocre-to-terrible at codifying it.
recall how much better *a culture* handles rules than *a body of codified law*.
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battleship weapons = dumb projectiles delivered according to computer calculations.
aircraft carrier weapons = airplanes with *human officers* that then execute attacks.
ofc. the later reigns superb on the battlefield.
battleship weapons = dumb projectiles delivered according to computer calculations.
aircraft carrier weapons = airplanes with *human officers* that then execute attacks.
ofc. the later reigns superb on the battlefield.
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1336753904722198528
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a little known fact - the back-and-forth battle between armor & projectiles was a closely ran affair.
the torpedo, and the air-delivered weaponry changed the balance permanently by changing *the paradigm* - to multi-mode, close range.
a little known fact - the back-and-forth battle between armor & projectiles was a closely ran affair.
the torpedo, and the air-delivered weaponry changed the balance permanently by changing *the paradigm* - to multi-mode, close range.
8/
my position on man vs machine:
a) men are better at fighting than at programming
b) a drone is equivalent to a missile, not of an aircraft. you still want human officers in the hot seat of launch/control. whether you're talking the rus. Granit or the Airpower Teaming System
my position on man vs machine:
a) men are better at fighting than at programming
b) a drone is equivalent to a missile, not of an aircraft. you still want human officers in the hot seat of launch/control. whether you're talking the rus. Granit or the Airpower Teaming System
9/
lastly we're nearing era of return-to-dominance of small, lightweight projectile/beam weapons: the railguns, and the lasers.
that is certain to shuffle a few things around :-)
lastly we're nearing era of return-to-dominance of small, lightweight projectile/beam weapons: the railguns, and the lasers.
that is certain to shuffle a few things around :-)
i saw your 'like' here, @0x49fa98 :]
what's your opinion - at what point will humans get better at programming than at fighting?
or, perhaps, the computers will get better than us at programming...?
what's your opinion - at what point will humans get better at programming than at fighting?
or, perhaps, the computers will get better than us at programming...?
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