Reach out and touch someone, with a Predator UAV
Posted by: JT in Entertainment, Humor, Iraq, Politics, TechnologyCNN Reports that there are fighter pilots in the states remote controlling UAV’s in the Afaghani theater.
Now, this brings us one step closer to tapping the most powerful defense resource available, that being children’s hand-eye coordination, ala Toys.
Imagine, if you will, the same scenario from Toys. Real-world missions are given to children (unbeknown to them) plugged into ultra-realistic video games to dispatch enemies and accomplish objectives. If the military can give that kind of control to Air Force pilots 7500 miles away from the battlefield, then why not send out free video game software to gamers, allowing them to control real military aircraft, with safety precautions in place (not allowing the pilot to intentionally crash the aircraft, or harm friendly targets)? Maybe 10% of “gameplay” would connect “players” to real scenarios, the rest simulated, so only the highest ranked gamers are allowed to contribute to the fight for freedom.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Yeah pretty scary stuff. If you wanna read some slightly more “mature” material on the subject check out Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Good sci-fi books that deal with the same premise.