Someone Directed an AI to “Destroy Humanity” and It Tried Its Best

[CamoDeafie]

AI would be ideal, as the first method used to disable these would likely be an attempt to jam communications, with AI they could accomplish their tasks independent of remote directions.

Still gonna be vulnerable to anti-aircraft weaponry at least until they decide to turn surplus A10s into drones

 

[Flopsweat]

Still gonna be vulnerable to anti-aircraft weaponry at least until they decide to turn surplus A10s into drones

It's China. You shoot their drone, the bomb the whole block.

 

[CamoDeafie]

It's China. You shoot their drone, the bomb the whole block.

We did shoot their balloon and they didn't bomb the whole ocean

 

[made in china]

Still gonna be vulnerable to anti-aircraft weaponry at least until they decide to turn surplus A10s into drones

Those robot dogs aren't very big. Some old school 45-70 would probably destroy one. They can't be so heavily armored as to be too heavy for drones.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Those robot dogs aren't very big. Some old school 45-70 would probably destroy one. They can't be so heavily armored as to be too heavy for drones.

Like I said, frangible/flak ammo would be good, until they decide to turn surplus A-10 warthogs into drones.

 

[CamoDeafie]

I'm also visualizing surplus T64s/T72s being turned into what's basically Hunter Killer drones with remote weapon systems and drums of ammunition with chutes to the weapon systems... never mind that these tanks are currently a bit vulnerable to 120mm discarding sabots and 30mm depleted uranium AP ammo and Mines. IEDs too.

 

[ob1]

The only answer is a global ban on micro chips. Back to vacuum tubes professor.

Ofcourse, Billy and Buffy won't be able to live their lives on smarty phones. They would need to learn how to use a pen and paper and how to mail a letter at the post office.
Teachers would need to teach in a real classroom, with face to face involvement. No more posting questionable, one size fits all assignments on a website.

Electronic surveillance of the people would be drastically reduced. The ability to target anyone and everyone without justification would become impractical.

And perhaps the most compelling benefit, no more bubblegum computers in cars and photo radar.

Sounds more attractive each time I read this.

 

[Cavedweller]

GPT is going to be ghost writing a lot of types of stuff now.

I hear that school kids have GPT doing their homework.

 

[Mike_M57]

Robot dogs would be easy to deal with.

Just throw a USB Flash drive filled with cat pics & videos and yell "Get the stick!"

 

[Andy54Hawken]

New novel....
Do Android Dogs Dream Of Electric Cats....
Andy

 

[Flopsweat]

New novel....
Do Android Dogs Dream Of Electric Cats....
Andy

New movie: Robot Dog Day Afternoon.

 

[joken]

30 Tons of Explosive Chemicals Lost During Rail Shipment

The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks.

www.nytimes.com

 

[sobo]

30 Tons of Explosive Chemicals Lost During Rail Shipment

The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks.

www.nytimes.com

How does one "lose" 30 frik'n tons of a chemical explosive...???

 

[joken]

How does one "lose" 30 frik'n tons of a chemical explosive...???

I assume it wasn't in 50lb bags but if it was there would be 1200 of them.

 

[sobo]

I assume it wasn't in 50lb bags but if it was there would be 1200 of them.

Article was behind the Old Gray Hag's paywall (I ain't gonna pay for crop fertilizer from that rag of an outfit), so I don't know what the stuff was packaged in.
But if it was in rail tanker cars, then that's quite the heist!

 

[Flopsweat]

Article was behind the Old Gray Hag's paywall (I ain't gonna for crop fertilizer from that rag of an outfit), so I don't know what the stuff was packaged in.
But if it was in rail tanker cars, then that's quite the heist!

Wayback Machine to the rescue.

30 Tons of Explosive Chemicals Lost During Rail Shipment

The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks.

web.archive.org

The company said the rail car with the material was sealed when it left a manufacturing site in Cheyenne, Wyo., and the seals "were still intact" when it arrived in Saltdale, Calif.

"The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the rail car may have developed in transit," the statement said.

If the daisies grow real nice along the tracks this year, maybe we have a clue.

 

[sikhed]

I assume it wasn't in 50lb bags but if it was there would be 1200 of them.

It was in a "belly dump" car. Much easier to load & unload.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Think that depends on if the materials were dry goods or liquid?
Liquids/tanker car

Closed top sealed hopper car





Open top hopper car; least likely as the article talked about sealed cars.


All these unload from the bottom, the tanker unloads into a pipe, the hoppers over a truck or container?