tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post3804032524707599932..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Secret Science Club Post-Lecture Recap: Simon and the SwarmbotsBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-28084592909739175952018-02-23T21:15:40.541-05:002018-02-23T21:15:40.541-05:00These are my favorite of your posts. It's real...These are my favorite of your posts. It's really awesome that the staff at the lecture hall was worried about you because you're such a well-loved regular.<br /><br />I've been reading <i>Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition</i>, and I'm impressed that science has come this far down the path toward realizing the dreams of all those weird crazy people from the 80s & 90s. A robot that makes other robots is the fundamental basis of the coming nanotechnology revolution, apparently, and here we have it all happening. Kind of scary! If somebody tries to turn me into a bush robot, Imma slap 'em tho. Ain't no robots turning me into no robot!!!<br /><br />The next time you see Dr. Garnier, tell him I love his root-lifting spray mousse. (That was a terrible joke, and I apologize.)<br />Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771959740072605857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-88685791536344196732018-02-22T22:45:31.193-05:002018-02-22T22:45:31.193-05:00That war game sounds like a swarm of army ants ove...That war game sounds like a swarm of army ants overwhelming a cane toad. I doubt the DoD will implement swarms, they like their big, expensive toys.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-79009118060907024972018-02-22T16:11:39.034-05:002018-02-22T16:11:39.034-05:00Interesting stuff!
I immediately thought about 2 ...Interesting stuff!<br /><br />I immediately thought about 2 things, both military related. <br /><br />First, there have been a pretty large number of 'war games' - computer based simulations - in which the US and Iran clash in the Persian Gulf. A few years ago, the US officer who was in charge of the 'Iranians' in the simulation discovered he could 'swarm' small, fast boats armed with anti-ship missiles against the larger, much more capable American ships. The thing is, he won, and that tactic has won every time since. Given enough fast boats and sufficient coordination, there is no effective counter to the tactic. You get some - perhaps MOST - of them, but they always get you in the end.<br /><br />Second, all the modern combat vehicles - fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, AFVs, Drones and even weapons - are networked. All the information from all their sensors is instantly available to everyone else. The stealth jets never even have to switch on their sensors - they have a complete awareness provided by the other vehicles. The power of this kind of networked system is much greater than the sum of its parts....mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com