AI, C4ISTAR and RAM and the future catastrophic Skynet program

Artificial intelligence, a part of the usage into the Revolution in Military Affairs, cooperationg the C2 standing with Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information/Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting Acquisition and Reconnaissance, coordinating GPS with howitzers, non-tripulated aircrafts and the long distance presence of commanders into battlefield. 

The outsourcing of war promoting technological military complex out of the military bases and inside the academy.

The projection for the skynet is for the next decades the world depending of robots, not fake videos, but to operate together the machines. It's not the t-800, or t-1000, but to promote cooperation between artificial intelligence and human tactical teams. The question is how the artificial intelligence could be auto-programmed to understand the theatre of battlefield, capable to take own decisions. Scary but not at the same time...

Asymmetric and non-linear battle can stand for it, the question is how much time we will stand for the Terminator scenario, or Mad Max also, with the self destructive desire for battle and this Neoconservative position on Global warfare in perpetua, the geopolitical turned to the most raw point while the technologic advance is raising, the theoretics are going to the quickstart to picture the atrocity of the scenarios. The perpetual peace can be get by the old means. While we don't fight robots, we create exo-skelletons and logistic support machines...

The idea is that the auto-poisioning ouroboros cycle is economicaly good for a world elite, and the warfare is explored constantly, as the warfare complex industry is the world's most lucrative market, followed by pornography and sex traffick, that's how they explore the world's half of the fortune.

By an heuristic analysis, the definition of the scenario goes for a trick or strategical limits for the solution in the physical of virtual space, this last one unlimited for our understandings, so there are bifurcations for the tree of possibilities. Comparing the porn industry to military industry, the heuristic method provided solutions that was good enough promoting redtube or xvideos to solution of the economic down at the porn industry. The similar solution is going to military complex at the privatization and the robotization of the industry. The previous questions of one and other sectors are answered by different scenarios but same level of resolution. 

Complexity in warfare is being well explored as they have no more long range battles or total warfare scenarios, it's easy to promote scholars and scientific studies in battlefield, adopting RAM to new levels of technologies - while the scholars of geopolitics evokes the old schools, as said before.

A mockup of U.S. SOCOM's TALOS suit — a bold project, but one that ultimately brought less tech than initially hoped. (DoD)

Cyborg warriors could be here by 2050, DoD study group says

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Ear, eye, brain and muscular enhancement is “technically feasible by 2050 or earlier,” according to a study released this month by the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command.

The demand for cyborg-style capabilities will be driven in part by the civilian healthcare market, which will acclimate people to an industry fraught with ethical, legal and social challenges, according to Defense Department researchers.

Implementing the technology across the military, however, will likely run up against the dystopian narratives found in science fiction, among other issues, the researchers added.

The report — entitled “Cyborg Soldier 2050: Human/Machine Fusion and the Implications for the Future of the DOD” — is the result of a year-long assessment.

It was written by a study group from the DoD Biotechnologies for Health and Human Performance Council, which is tasked to look at the ripple effects of military biotechnology.

The team identified four capabilities as technically feasible by 2050:

• ocular enhancements to imaging, sight and situational awareness;
• restoration and programmed muscular control through an optogenetic bodysuit sensor web;
• auditory enhancement for communication and protection; and
• direct neural enhancement of the human brain for two-way data transfer.
• The study group suggested that direct neural enhancements in particular could revolutionize combat.

“This technology is predicted to facilitate read/write capability between humans and machines and between humans through brain-to-brain interactions,” an executive summary reads. “These interactions would allow warfighters direct communication with unmanned and autonomous systems, as well as with other humans, to optimize command and control systems and operations.”

Cyborg technologies are likely to be used among civil society as well over the next 30 years, the researchers noted.

Development of these capabilities will probably “be driven by civilian demand” and “a robust bio-economy that is at its earliest stages of development in today’s global market," the group wrote.

But it’s after the year 2050 that the implications of cyborg capabilities become concerning.

"Introduction of augmented human beings into the general population, DoD active-duty personnel, and near-peer competitors will accelerate in the years following 2050 and will lead to imbalances, inequalities, and inequities in established legal, security, and ethical frameworks,” the summary reads.

The study group proposed seven recommendations, listed in no particular order, for Pentagon leaders to consider:

• The military should take a second look at the global and societal perception of human-machine augmentation. Americans typically imagine China or Russia developing runaway technologies because of a lack of ethical concerns, but “the attitudes of our adversaries toward these technologies have never been verified," researchers wrote.
• U.S. political leaders should use forums like NATO to discuss how cyborg advancements could impact interoperability between allied forces during operations.
• The Pentagon should start investing in legal, security and ethical frameworks to anticipate emerging technologies and better prepare for their impact. Leaders should support policies that “protect individual privacy, sustain security, and manage personal and organizational risk, while maximizing defined benefits to the United States and its allies and assets,” the study group wrote.
• Military leaders should also work to reverse the “negative cultural narratives of enhancement technologies.” It’s no secret that science fiction’s depiction of cyborg technologies revolves around dystopian futures. Transparency in how the military adopts this technology will help to alleviate concerns, while capitalizing on benefits, according to the study group.
• The Pentagon should use wargames to gauge the impact of asymmetric biotechnologies on tactics, techniques and procedures. DoD personnel can support this through targeted intelligence assessments of the emerging field.
• A whole-of-nation, not whole-of-government, approach to cyborg technologies is preferred. As it stands, “federal and commercial investments in these areas are uncoordinated and are being outpaced by Chinese research and development,” the study group wrote. If Chinese firms dominate the commercial sector, the U.S. defense sector will also be at a disadvantage.
• Finally, the long-term safety concerns and the impact of these technologies on people should be monitored closely.

“The benefits afforded by human/machine fusions will be significant and will have positive quality-of-life impacts on humankind through the restoration of any functionality lost due to illness or injury,” the study group wrote.

But as these technologies evolve, “it is vital that the scientific and engineering communities move cautiously to maximize their potential and focus on the safety of our society," the study group added.