Computers are war machines. They arguably won WWII, eh? Code-breaking and modeling physics of nuclear bombs.
And today, of course, WWIII is playing out on the Internet and the screens of our phones.
In the general case, from first principles, we have the automation of human intentions. If those intentions are harmonious and ecological, all is presumably well. If those intentions conflict, however, we have automated war: drones and IEDs, and eventually Skynet and Terminators, and then just vast robot wars.
I don't think there's a a stable equilibrium between these two strange attractors.
(FWIW we have technology for harmonizing human intentions. We just have to use it.)
And today, of course, WWIII is playing out on the Internet and the screens of our phones.
In the general case, from first principles, we have the automation of human intentions. If those intentions are harmonious and ecological, all is presumably well. If those intentions conflict, however, we have automated war: drones and IEDs, and eventually Skynet and Terminators, and then just vast robot wars.
I don't think there's a a stable equilibrium between these two strange attractors.
(FWIW we have technology for harmonizing human intentions. We just have to use it.)