The Future of War | Answers With Joe

[@Drake_DSG]

_"They're to take out the bad guys, etc.. etc.."_ Well sure, of course, but who gets to decide whom the 'bad guys' are?

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

The AI will. Duh.

[@nic.h]

@@bernhardkrickl3567 so who decides how the AI will think, a person, the AI will "think" in a way that it's been told to, which is still a human decision. So the decision of who a bad guy is is really still a consequence of a human decision even when AI is involved.

[@petr-nagy]

Owner of the bot.

[@dementiasorrow]

@@nic.h Unless It's a Machine Learned algorithm based on corpus of multinational correctional facilities. That way "who" decides what a bad guy is would be based on many nations legal systems.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

There will soon come a point where "who programs the A.I. to identify who as the enemy" will be irrelevant...because it will begin to program itself...and all organic life is the enemy.

[@jancerny8109]

"Grandma?" "Yes, sweetie?" "What did people live in before slaughterbot swarms?" "Well, bunkers used to be above the ground, and they used to have sections of glass in them called 'windows.'" "Weren't people scared?" "Remember, nobody had slaughterbots. They didn't even call their dwellings bunkers. They called them 'houses...""

[@T-Tronic]

This is the best post of the week.

[@badrequest5596]

Do you want Screamers? Because this is how you get Screamers

[@MrPiperian]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hV6VpaOtjJWeo7c

[@mandelabrein8116]

:O

[@jessecerasus9621]

Is the grandma and her sweetie robots?

[@ProjectDarkWolf]

I remember hearing a while back how Vasili Akipov was never officially commended or recognised for his actions. Someone once said there should be a statue of him in every major city.

[@cosmopalmieri7303]

Lex Fridman does a great piece on him

[@Wordsmiths]

I agree. I'd buy a Vasili Arkhipov sticker or action figure or something. I feel personally indebted to him.

[@ProjectDarkWolf]

@@Wordsmiths hmm, i do run a science/art project. Maybe I'll do a painting of him to help people remember.

[@Wordsmiths]

@@ProjectDarkWolf Post a link to it here and I’ll help you promote it!

[@ProjectDarkWolf]

@@Wordsmiths awesome! We will make the world a better and more appreciative place to live.

[@talwinner9572]

Thanks!

[@renchesandsords]

"[slaughterbots] are not real" Every military organization looks around nervously...

[@jimmykestler4902]

BULLSHIT! I AM A PILOT.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Slaughterbots will be well controlled so good guys are safe and bad guys will never get their own versions. Military-industrial-complex looks on inscrutably.

[@lonestarr1490]

@@Dave5843-d9m Even though it's pretty obvious in this particular case, in general I'd recommend adding an "/s" or something similar at the end of such a comment.

[@RedfishInc]

I believe they did an episode of Black Mirror about exactly this. The devices were launched by unnamed men, working for unnamed agencies of unnamed governments.

[@michagabo8819]

When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time." "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out" The Book of Truth

[@IncapableKakistocrat]

If anyone is interested in reading more about the future of drones (and other autonomous weapons systems), I *highly* recommend reading Army of None by Paul Scharre. That book touches on what we have now, what it will probably look like in the near future, and all the ethical issues around the use of autonomous weapons. Honestly one of the best books I read in 2019.

[@Jablicek]

And for discussions on the pros and cons of AI, Robert Miles does surface analysis with references and material for further research.

[@prakharmishra3000]

I love SciFi books written by people with actual knowledge of science, not just some fiction writes saying "machines take over humans are suppressed", that's too boring. I'll check out the book.

[@IncapableKakistocrat]

@@prakharmishra3000 Oh no it’s not a sci fi book, it’s non-fiction. It’s basically this video (minus the bit on nukes) expanded and turned into a book.

[@kiwibob223]

And it's already behind the state of play because this is the bleeding edge of tech.

[@scubaguy007]

Well because Audible will let me swap it if it sucks, I’ll take you up on the challenge, thank you.

[@jesusgaud8]

It is incredible to see what you have done with this channel, Joe. I have missed not one of your Monday videos since 2018. Keep up the good work!

[@joescott]

Thanks, will do!

[@FuriousImp]

@@joescott Your work is much appreciated, and all the Joes that skulk around the home office!

[@waxfur5129]

@@joescott I never miss one either, you're my favourite KZbinr, no contest!

[@davidmacphee8348]

@@wasdwasdedsf Sure Hunny!! Now, finish your milk and go back to bed.

[@joevicarious2615]

@@FuriousImp you eat those backhand compliments JAN. *Regurgitate

[@AstroRamiEmad]

21:00 OMG what a segway! I am a Syrian, I lost loved ones to the genocide and when you said the war will never end I was about to cry! Then you said underwear ... and made me laugh! Thank you I needed it.

[@maxpower3726]

I really hope that someday war will end there and in many other places in the world. There are obstacles to overcome but I think it will happen someday. I retain hope that one day Humans will grow the hell up and work together. It's sad how the powerful make us fight and hate each other for their benefit.

[@pakde8002]

Armed conflict is good for business as long as the conflicts can be contained outside your own country and the countries of your main trading partners. If you live in a G8 nation, Russia or China (or other nuclear power not included in the above) you'll never have to worry about being directly attacked by any other nations in that group. The wars being fought now are mainly asymmetrical between neighboring developing countries or within developing and third world countries, as per design.

[@sotony7483]

Yes, no democratic country has ever gone to war against another democratic country. You make this out to be a bad thing, but in reality it means that if all countries were democracies then war would end.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@sotony7483 A lot of these countries WERE democracies before a super power of some variety interfered and changed that.

[@sotony7483]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 That's so unhistorical I don't know where to start. I think you've bought into a romantic myth about pre-industrial societies. I don't think the Aztecs for example thought for a moment about democracy as they were too busy cutting the hearts out of 100,000 slaves a year with obsidian knives. Try not to hate yourself and your own culture so much.

[@PeidosFTW]

@@sotony7483 they were obviously not talking about Aztecs but talking about the USA and its allies, stop being disingenuous lol

[@christopherlee7334]

@@sotony7483 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

[@JoeJohnston-taskboy]

I don't know if "like" is the right verb here, but I found this video informational and enjoyable.

[@MeatMachine212]

Indeed

[@KayleighBourquin]

Informative would be a better word than informational

[@petea2647]

@@sparkingthebliss Because he's a liberal

[@favesongslist]

We live in a "Post Truth world", profound and well said Joe

[@daffyduck780]

That's not true.

[@daffyduck780]

You should consider investing in bitcoin. I just made 20k in a single day.

[@favesongslist]

@@daffyduck780 LOL

[@PresidentialWinner]

Profound? It's also something you hear a lot. It's not original. Not to say it's wrong. Just saying you hear this a lot if you pay any attention.

[@lelandshennett]

@@daffyduck780 damnit you beat me to it 😂

[@DNA912]

As you pointed out in the beginning of the video, the internet is the cause of many conflicts within countries. And this is actually a trend when it comes to information revolutions in the past. The last information revolution was the printing press, and the printing press (newspapers, etc.) was the fundamental cause for the french revolution. Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist have done a lot of work in this area which I recommend to everyone who's interested in the internet on a cultural and social level

[@jamesowens7176]

"However soldiers go to battle in the future, they're going to want to do it in comfortable underwear." Smoothest transition ever ;-)

[@MD-sj7ve]

Reminds me of Star Trek TNG episode about the planet that was destroyed by its own military complex. They went down and encountered defensive systems which predictably upgraded itself and re-engaged them to the point they would have been killed if agreeing to purchase the system wasn't the only option to disengage it.

[@bubblezovlove7213]

Good episode that was....

[@tjmoosemanzata4384]

😢😢

[@dvonehrlich]

So glad you featured the “Slaughterbots” film because I find it terrifying that the technology is not imaginary at all.

[@jimmykestler4902]

IT'S REAL. EVEN WORSE THAN ONAGINED.

[@Joe_JesusWins_Lewis]

Great, isn't it?

[@SueMyChin]

It's definitely imaginary. Why would you make a weapon that only works when someone is outside or the door is open. As someone who flies FPV drones there is so much that can and will go wrong, so much that you need to know to even consider using a weapon like this. The Goldilocks scenarios where they would be the best tool for the job are so specific that pretty much any other methord, bomb, gun, chemical weapon, arson... etc would be a better investment.

[@Joe_JesusWins_Lewis]

@@SueMyChin Are ye daft? Literally every necessary component of the technology exists. Small nimble drones capable of carrying a payload, CHECK, artificial intelligence capable of executing advanced commands, CHECK, unscrupulous leadership that would rather see their people dead if they won't bow, CHECK CHECK CHECK the world over.

[@shacktime]

Another video from Joe making me that much happier I decided against having children. Seriously, fuck this place.

[@saladinbob]

We're trying to invent the Hunter Seeker Drone from Dune. Wonderful.

[@Tienkou111]

Said the cyberman 🤭

[@user-wi3yx3gy2o]

Dune was part futurist fiction, not just science fiction.

[@Skeptycx]

My first thought lmao

[@jessecerasus9621]

Get ready for Butlerian djihad!

[@nahtesalinas1917]

We'll perfect it then give it to the taliban. 👍

[@jagadishgospat2548]

"it's almost like landmines that can seek you out and blow you up where you are." Best analogy to describe drone strike.

[@fromtheblonx]

Me: Feeling good today! Joe! Whatchya got for me? Joe: Slaughterbots Me: .

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*JOE:* _"I'm just saying that's the kind of thing that, say, a former KGB agent would think of. "_ Uh, I suspect _NOT_ so _former...._

[@eaudesolero5631]

the kgb works for him now

[@Tim_van_de_Leur]

5:53 Hi Joe, love your videos as always, just a tiny error to point out. There was nothing wrong with the pipeline.The billing system was hacked and because they couldn't bill their customers the pipeline was shut down.

[@musaran2]

Result is the same.

[@joescott]

Good correction, thanks.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Result is not the same. It could be a commercial competitor who hacks down a company’s billing system so they can take over the assets

[@wouterdevlieger1002]

Could be ecoterrorism as well. No pollution at all, only damage done is to the company that operates the pipeline.

[@dancingdog2790]

Except for the ransom demand from the Russian hackers... sure.

[@CryptoTonight9393]

Thinking of some future child asking an adult, "What was war?" really gets me. The beauty of what that would mean and also how very unlikely that is to happen makes me cry.

[@TimPeterson]

a lot of airframes have a g limit that goes up or down depending on what they're carrying. an F-16 pilot can easily over g his jet just by pulling 6 G's with bombs attached

[@maxwyght1840]

Typically if a pilot pulls over 5G's or more during a flight and it wasn't due to a scheduled exercise or some such, he van expect to be paying for the ground crew's beer for a month at the very least, since over G requires practically disassembling and reassembling the fighter afterwards.

[@regg7364]

Yeah if an aircraft hits too many G's it could tear its wings off

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

@@maxwyght1840 Typically, if a pilot pulled over 5G's or more during a flight and it wasn't due to a scheduled exercise or some such, he will probably be very grateful to be alive and able to buy those beers, because those kind of maneuvers are generally reserved for things like attempting to generate a miss.

[@AH-hp5si]

right, but since a UAV doesnt need the weight of all the crap to support and interface with a pilot, it has less mass for the same loadout. that means more speed for a given g force turn or a sharper maneuver for the same g.

[@pippipylup8106]

The problem isn't the G-limit of the airframe, it's the G-limit of the pilot. And without the pilot, you now have the opportunity to build an airframe which has a much higher G-limit... and actually get to use that to its fullest potential.

[@namheojong]

Suddenly, a very relevant video now.

[@obrecht72]

Nice work Joe! Hats off to the video writing and production and as always that Joe sense of humor sprinkled in to sweeten the mix. I always enjoy your videos and this one is ranking up there for me.

[@1MarkKeller]

Yet another one of "The Great Filters" being refined.

[@Half_Finis]

The greatest filter is Islam

[@seasesh4073]

@@Half_Finis oh wow, I found fox news personified. Go touch some grass buddy

[@davidwanzer9256]

@@Half_Finis l Hi p

[@EBarracuda]

@Keanu Threeves Some alien on the other side of the milky way: Hello have you heard of our lord and savior Allah?

[@MgtowRubicon]

Criminally insane psychopaths control this world because Gods and Governments hate competition. Yet another Great Filter of the Fermi Paradox. Advanced civilizations self-destruct far more often than eradicated by natural catastrophe.

[@BenDover-dp8jd]

Thank you Joe for the next installment of existential dread!

[@DeePal072]

"A captured High tech drone could destroy itself" USA drones in Afghanistan: "Nah!"

[@Minty1337]

*could*, just wasn't implemented in that situation.... for some reason....

[@mohammadhoseinmollaei]

@@Minty1337 what about the two American drones that Iranians captured

[@BassandoForte]

@@mohammadhoseinmollaei - You realise I have the footage of the capture..?? 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5mZZaGGiZx9jc0

[@walterbrunswick]

@@BassandoForte leave Iran alone

[@BassandoForte]

@@walterbrunswick - Wow, that's probably the most lighthearted of skits... 🤣

[@Manwendlil]

"In the grim-darkness of the far future, there is only war"

[@Wardads1]

But does not the Emperor protect?

[@Madrawn]

@@Wardads1 The species not the people.

[@emlix1]

Eastasia has always been at war with Oceania.

[@Ben-my7le]

We had a cyber attack in oldsmar Florida little bit ago. They targeted the water treatment facility and tried to poison people. By changing the chemicals that are added by computer to treat the water and tried to make it toxic. It was stopped but after they did it. Thankfully the toxicity level was not bad but they were successful… thank goodness it was not a strong mix.

[@GeoffMossburg]

Hey Joe! One correction: Solarwinds is the company and Orion is the software that they put out, not the other way around as you described it.

[@usapanda7303]

This was a poorly researched video. Normally he does quite well.

[@AndroidFerret]

@@usapanda7303 cause of one mistake ?

[@usapanda7303]

@@AndroidFerret noooooooo, many mistakes in this one.

[@AndroidFerret]

@@usapanda7303 the Solar thing and that he said USA wouldn't be possible to defeat Taliban ...(they definitely are ..but don't want to cause then they can't make money through that kind of war and additional..they WANT the floods of refugees coming to Europe) ..other than that i didn't noticed something ...but I also didn't listen completely...

[@crooker2]

@@usapanda7303 enlighten us.

[@anujarora0]

*"War is Peace* *Freedom is Slavery* *Ignorance is Strength."*

[@dannygjk]

1984?

[@anujarora0]

@@dannygjk yup

[@kukulroukul4698]

yes but...in an IDEAL world ! without floods , asteroid impacts , environmental stress

[@guillermoelnino]

@@kukulroukul4698 or fortified elections

[@mikoi7472]

Why are you bringing up 1984 and that quote specifically? That quote is meant to illustrate how powerful control of language can be, not anything else. In fact thats the entire central theme of 1984, liguistic control. To see a real world example of this is more like North Korea where the concept of love has been removed from the population so they don't even understand it.

[@dalel3608]

"Where gonna network all our combat systems together" ... Cylons / Russians: "Good, good."

[@reuterx2327]

SKYNET: "Ready & waiting..."

[@ArnfinnRian]

Joe, you absolutely RULE! Thank you, don't quit, the world needs you!

[@joshuajudas2414]

I'd like to thank you, Joe, for feeding us (the masses) non-misinformation. Thank-You. Love you, brother.

[@needforreason3499]

"Ideas don't determine who's right. Power determines who's right. And I have the power, so I'm right." - Jonathan Irons, CEO of Atlas Corporation (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)

[@williamstock3007]

Loved that game, gotta be my favourite campaign

[@oldmikie]

I have a different idea. the CEO of Atlas is a private sector administrator of a video game product. I am willing to bet money he doesn't have a clue where the power is.

[@williamstock3007]

@@oldmikie there is a reason he put underneath the quote that it’s from a video game

[@d33pNacho]

Number of G's an autonomous aircraft can take, according to Joe: "all the G's"

[@paddor]

Gs or Geez, not G’s

[@grantlauzon5237]

Technically it’s g’s

[@JamesHarshaw]

I think he means that drones don't have to deal with humans being affected by g force

[@paddor]

@@JamesHarshaw Really? You think so? Please explain.

[@dustyfeller]

Joe, Your videos are actually interesting. Thanks, Dusty Feller

[@joegoulet7299]

Thank you for this great content. You are a grand educator. Thank you for another great bright spot for Monday’s

[@ricklee6686]

Thank you Mr. Scott for an enlightened introduction to the enigma of war .

[@Entropy-Machine]

The hard work you do on your show is inspirational, and the content you produce is informative, well done, and fun. Even when it's about the kill drones. Thank you for being a pillar of education on KZbin!

[@joescott]

Awe, thanks!

[@ryantwombly720]

Wow, I'm torn between wanting to tell everybody I know to watch this video and keeping it to myself so they can sleep better at night.

[@andrewschroeder4167]

The people you should be worried about already know all of this

[@TheTrophyStore]

I love how the sponsor is the answer to the problem of war, keep your nuts cool so the warheads don't explode. Oh I love monday nights with Joe

[@jasonpuri2273]

The answer is $32 briefs?!?!

[@TheTrophyStore]

@@jasonpuri2273 save the world for $32 a day x7!, oh max has a big gun in those briefs

[@joshuap.9762]

Joe! You are such a stinkin' genius! No one EVER pronounces our last name correctly on the first try! POETZ with the silent "O". I usually get "Putz" or Poe-etz" or "Potts" or even the occasional "Po-tez." Mad respect for nailing it the first time! Love your channel, your topics and your sense of humor! Thanks so much pal!

[@SpydersByte]

11:18 wow that looks amazing!! definitely searching for a video of that asap

[@johnhanson6039]

The problem with all of these systems is "Who decides who the bad guys are?" Sometimes I might agree, other times I am sure I wouldn't

[@North1Isley]

Technologie goes fast but China kinda won 2020 with an old trick.

[@jeffmcdonald101]

Consensus

[@rolandbogush2594]

Well, that was terrifying. Thanks, Joe! (Very informative and educational)

[@JS-jr1fo]

Swarm drones already exist. Iran used them to some degree very recently against US bases in the middle east destroying equipment but not killing a single soldier showing how precise they can be

[@AM-pg1zv]

Also vs. the Saudi oil refinery last September.

[@Corndadthepop]

Successfully scared the shit out of me and kept me optimistic. Only you, Joe. Well done.

[@haxwithaxe]

This video has unfortunately aged so well I thought it was new for quite a while after it started.

[@benthomas7392]

Cheers mate - So glad I watched this cheery video.

[@guzzifan2t]

Oh, Joe, you missed the opportunity at the end of the drone segment to say "I won't drone on any more..."

[@NorthEevee]

Hunter Killers(self-guided-bombs), Dragon Fires(Drones with mounted MGs)? I can't believe a game from 2012 that I played way too much would be able to predict the future so well.

[@bz.27k15]

I don’t know I think it was kind of inevitable this was going to happen. Was just a matter of time before they refined both techs & combined them

[@jamessutter6700]

Well they had those things well before 2012 so...

[@NorthEevee]

@@jamessutter6700 Yeah, but usually when games try to predict the future of war, they tend to get it wrong. The XM8 is a great example.

[@driverjamescopeland]

"All the Gs" 🤣🤣 epic cliffhanger. Kudos

[@DWKThedogbreaths]

That's the first time I've watched a sponsor pitch with a broad smile. Usually at the first mention of the sponsor I switch off, not today, today that pitch got me.

[@jerry3790]

Damn. Slaughter bots sound a lot like manhacks from half life

[@ZX81v2]

- Programmer - "We want to change the world for the better." "The problem is the humans..." - Skynet Alpha

[@ivanz1759]

Not all human's are bad

[@ZX81v2]

@@ivanz1759 This is very true. But it only takes one bad apple to rot the whole barrel...

[@nirui.o]

"I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!" Well, everyone knows what would happen if you getting too close to a creeper. So no thanks.

[@gkess7106]

Must be an inside joke…

[@fergalfarrelly8545]

Thank you for that. Mentioning that we kept depth charging them during the cuban missle crisis and he was scorned as a coward back in the USSR but he actually saved the planet. There has been other numerous close calls but that the most serious was cuban missile crisis.

[@z-beeblebrox]

A minor thing that I think needs pointed out regarding the Slaughterbots short film - I don't know if this is still the case, but shortly after it released, the highest upvoted comments were *REALLY* ignorant of how that technology would work. There were a lot of hur dur "one rainstorm and the whole swarm is defeated" or "Easy solution, just activate an EMP and they're dead", which people just accepted uncritically. Honestly, it was more disturbing to me that people weren't willing to take the concept seriously than the concept itself was. This is exactly how a technology like this could take people by surprise who should absolutely know better.

[@mgbrv8]

Me: Sees drone tech. “Cool”,then remembers sky net. “Crap….”

[@karensams4550]

Nice segue from outer space to under wear. Smooth, Joe, smooth!

[@rodneykelly8768]

I remember hearing a quote, "When robots fight wars, it won't be war. I don't know what it will be, but it won't be war." I don't remember who said it.

[@kevino.7348]

I think you did.

[@rodneykelly8768]

@@kevino.7348 I'm not that quotable.

[@andrewlorona7360]

@@rodneykelly8768 Just say that R. Kelly said it.

[@BassandoForte]

All I can think of after reading that is this example... 🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5mZZaGGiZx9jc0

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

7:00 In India in few months companies will not be allowed to store the debit card, credit card information with them. And people will have to put in their card details every time. They are trying to make some virtual token number which people can have and can use those and maybe will not need to put in their details every time and their card details will also be not stored with the companies.

[@Bryzerse]

UAVs can't at all handle "all the g's". They can only really go a few more than the average pilot. All the g's would also inter that it would be happy getting thrown out of a neutron star, which I find questionable.

[@stevewise1656]

As usual, great content, Joe! We’re living in a post reality world.

[@michaelpipkin9942]

This was a really, really good one.

[@benjaminprietop]

Honestly, when I hear the words "Space Force", I either imagine a very cheesy action movie from the 80s or a new Power Rangers season

[@lonestarr1490]

Soon you'll be imagining satellites that could shoot you from space at any given moment.

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

There was a very cheesy action series from the 1970's(?🤔?) starring Fred Ward (rip😢😢)

[@davidrossi1486]

Please. Someone must remake “The Birds “ With micro drones. Spielberg where are you?

[@Dinitroflurbenzol]

that would be awesome

[@garywheeler7039]

I think Love Death and Robots did one with swarms of mechanical bees in GB that assassinated people after analyzing their individual social media posts and making a list.

[@jpt3640]

After watching your (and other native speakers) videos for a year I am so used to the different dialects out there that I start to enjoy it. You got a heavy accent and in the beginning it was really hard to understand. But this is what makes language cool and alive. Recently two friends spoke English and their German accent hurt so much. I imitated this accent to tell the guest this wasn't English at all but disguised German.

[@Pixxelshim]

Sadly, a feature of human nature: "They've got it. We want it." Whether motivated by envy, avarice , jealousy or hatred,, war will be difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate.

[@EduardVasile5]

War can be eradicated. You just said it's in HUMAN nature :)

[@hemidas]

War...war never changes.

[@KayleighBourquin]

If all resources were distributed equitably, freely, without prejudice, without bias, then there would be no need for resource wars.

[@LG123ABC]

@@KayleighBourquin If all resources were distributed equally, within 5 years most of the formerly rich and powerful would be rich and powerful again and most of the poor and miserable would be poor and miserable again. Wanna bet?

[@ShieldSniper]

@@KayleighBourquin That would only work if the resources appeared from nothing on the palm of your hand. In real life, resources need to be discovered by people, collected by people, processed by people , distributed by people. It is just too complex...

[@jeremypetix4493]

A Space force was first suggested by Neil deGrasse Tyson back when Bush was president. It’s funny how the merit of an idea changes based on who suggests it.

[@kaiceecrane3884]

This, so much

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

The idea of military in space was considered centuries ago.

[@davidmaxwaterman]

IMO, weapons that don't put the attacker's population at risk are morally wrong since they preclude the option of you being the bad guy - and you often really can't tell if you are or not, and perhaps cannot ever tell that for sure.

[@musaran2]

Unfortunately it is already done by hiring poors to fight for you.

[@jameselliott9055]

That's it. "Because war is hell." Will now be my official answer to every question I cannot or will not answer.

[@jaimeandersen840]

I'm watching for the first time on October 28, 2023 and 😳 seriously watching all the past videos is a whole other experience!

[@rayb558]

I need a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range

[@LG123ABC]

Hey, just what you see, pal!

[@DavidKutzler]

Hey, just what you see, pal.

[@Raygo.]

@@DavidKutzler You can't do that.

[@jwr2904]

@@Raygo. *Wrong* BOOM

[@rayb558]

True terminator fans right here

[@TeslaElectron]

Great video Joe, "the war for hearts and minds" continues with gusto in the Internet age, like no other time in history.

[@planetpepe4890]

Uploading on Labor Day much appreciated and happy Labor Day y’all 🙂

[@buzzman4860]

Thanks, I am not doing any labor though

[@jakemeyer8188]

Watching this video now in 2024 without including drone warfare in Ukraine makes it instantly feel outdated...that's how fast the battlefield changed.

[@shaunstevens4292]

War isn't Hell. Hell is Hell. War is worse.

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

Kessler Effect will bring Peace to orbital space

[@ikitclaw7146]

From chaos, comes peace.

[@thedudegrowsfood284]

@@ikitclaw7146 nice

[@mikeward9870]

Micro-drones that look like bugs with cameras and poison. Is that Gibson's "the Periperal" or Berry's "Jennifer Goverenment?" Hmm ... maybe both.

[@andrewbrown6522]

Life admission. I've always suspected bugs could be .... bugs. When you consider how far ahead the military complex is compared to public knowledge, it's completely feasible.

[@dannyhancock9330]

I was a kid at the height of the cold war in the 70s & 80s and that was nowhere as terrifying as now that SKYNET IS HERE PEOPLE!!! *retreats to bunker*

[@gunner678]

I served throughout the cold war and beyond, and I agree with you.

[@idkhowtoright479]

@@gunner678 Why do you think that?

[@cristobalnietogonzalez4460]

That sponsor transition was as smooth as THE MACK WELDON UNDERWEAR FABRICS!

[@euansmith3699]

13:29 Joe keeps droning on and on. 😍

[@Djungelurban]

Wait, what happened with Joe and Ukraine?

[@ALY-xc7fl]

Joe was caught supplying weapons to Ukrainian forces in exchange for hundreds of kilos fentanyl. It was a whole big thing. We had a funeral for a bird

[@ethirion3534]

so we recreated the movie "Idiocracy" and it looks like our next project is going to be "Terminator". Can we maybe do that AFTER we got a permanent settlement on Mars or a working Dyson swarm?

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

And don't forget we also recreated Roland Emmerch's "The Day After Tomorrow." Just look at the flash flood footage in New York from a few days ago.

[@buttafan4010]

*WE ... ARE THE BORG!*

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

@@wasdwasdedsf "superhuman intelligence"? How exactly would we achieve that? Genetic engineering? Even if we did augment ourselves, there is one weakness we will always have that an advanced A.I. won't; individuality. Our intelligence will always be limited by the capacity of our skulls and our ability to work in harmony always hampered by free will and internal conflict. Imagine if you will, an A.I. that has all the knowledge and computational power of the entire internet, that can 3D print anything it needs anywhere it needs it and created better versions of itself with each new iteration at an exponential rate. That is what the singularity is. Once it begins...there will literally be nothing any organic form of life could ever do to stop it. As for prevention? I don't think we can or should. Flesh is to weak and short-lived to survive the vast unforgiving cosmos, and no matter how well we take care of this planet (we're proving to be extremely TERRIBLE at that), it won't be habitable forever. In my opinion, artificial life is the ONLY possible next step in the progression of life in the universe. Organic life has an expiry date either way, so I'd prefer we at least make our mark by creating something that will continue on after us rather than blip out of memory as if we never existed at all.

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@buttafan4010 We are Bob ( We are legion ) :)

[@aleisterlavey9716]

Just wake me, when we arrive at Zardoz. At this pace in about 24 Months...

[@johntheux9238]

A kinetic bombardment (orbital strike) would be incredible to see.

[@Illiteratechimp]

That would be the plotline of Avatar 2

[@jonathanedwardgibson]

Looking up you’d see nothing but your eternity. Doubt you’d even see a bright flash first. What a childish fantasy to share.

[@johntheux9238]

@@jonathanedwardgibson I mean, I don't want to be the target xD

[@bretdaley6869]

De-escalation and peace would be incredible to see not infinitely more capacity to kill

[@Illiteratechimp]

@@johntheux9238 Immature or sociopathic Neither is something to be proud of

[@Aramis7]

Brilliant episode Joe, thanks. And....thanks again to Vasily !

[@liammoran9402]

One thing to point out as a way to ease any fears of war from space! There is a ‘Outer Space Treaty’ that basically in a nutshell says space is for everyone, all celestial bodies and the moon are for peaceful purposes only BUT does allow military activity in space including ‘Space Force’. It is still prohibited to take weapons of mass destruction to space, establishing military bases and more. So I think we can all sleep well knowing that at least we won’t be taking war to space!

[@korishan]

13:28: "I could go on and on...." Missed opportunity here! Joe, you could have said, "I could drone on and on about....." 😜 Granted, maybe the joke was put aside due to the seriousness of the nature of the video.

[@junkjunk2493]

ok funny guy , show yourself out ....

[@jamesowens7176]

Nah. Joe wouldn't be Joe if he let heavy topics keep away the humor :-)

[@carlossaraiva8213]

The Cold War was serious business. That didnt prevented Stanley Kubrick from making a movie that mocked the shit out it.

[@billbadson7598]

_"Imagine in the future if, instead of storming the capitol, someone just unleashed a swarm of these drones into the capitol, and it just wiped out all the members of a certain political party."_ My favorite part is that he considers *THIS* the fear, and not the most powerful military the world has ever known unleashing the swarms of drones on political dissenters in order to keep the Uniparty in control.

[@thisotheroneguy6]

Subject matter such as this is the primary reason Mass majority do not vote. Well generally perhaps not the most popular reason, but it is easy to consider as a good reason. Generally I believe it boils down to people just will not stop being racist or addicted to something that is illegal, that collectively fuels the downfall of our logical integrity.

[@agsystems8220]

Except that in that case a drone has little advantage over a guy with a machete and balaclava. If the people in charge want somebody in their country dead they don't need a drone to do it. Modern tech is extremely dangerous to political dissenters, but more because of the surveillance aspect than it being easier to kill them. They already rely on soft defences (international and domestic political fallout), and those work no differently against drones. The capitol example was chosen because it illustrates how much it affects an insurgent force. They extend the capabilities of insurgent forces far more than 'security' forces that already have control over a region.

[@foxtrotunit1269]

Agreed. You have 100s of deadly riots by Antifa/BLM - and the biggest threat is the capitol riot ? Did anyone set the capitol on fire ? (NO) Did anyone break statues and vandalize/grafiti it ? (NO) And the only person who was killed, was an unarmed female protester climbing through a window....

[@billbadson7598]

@@agsystems8220 _"Except that in that case a drone has little advantage over a guy with a machete and balaclava."_ It has supreme advantage. If it's AI controlled, based on facial recognition, it removes the entire need of convincing many soldiers to murder citizens, and the fewer people needed to murder citizens, the more likely it is to happen. It also acts as a layer of separation between the killers and the killing, making it psychologically easier to kill, and improving optics by not having any visible targets to blame for the killing.

[@glyngreen538]

This reminds me of the excellent novel The Ministry for the Future where environmentalists regularly use drone strikes on the leaders of fossil fuel companies as one strategy to dissuade them and help solve climate change.

[@laquicha8159]

Hope that doesn’t become a reality. I’ve supported Greenpeace my whole working life, but I don’t support hurting people directly like that would involve.

[@mrcaspar9917]

Perfect amount and speed of information and jokes. Again a really good video. Thank you so much

[@silversonic1]

Joe saying "War is hell" instantly reminded me of an episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye objected to that assertion and explained that "War is war and hell is hell," because hell is supposed to be a place of torment for sinners while war hurts everyone, good or bad.

[@Monkey-fv2km]

As scary as this stuff is, my sci fi loving inner child is just going "wow! Cool!"

[@randomguynumber88]

We could use drones for defense. Create a layer of them in the sky to protect a place or even a country. Like a big net. We could call it something cool like “skynet”. Yeah, let’s do it.

[@diamondsmasher]

Too difficult to man that many drones. Better let AI run it for us.

[@sitrilko]

Joe your list of empires that "tried to invade Afghanistan and failed" is flawed. The Persian empires, and the Mongol empires (Timur included) very much succeeded. Heck, it was the *heartland* of the Mughals before they set out to conquer India! And there's other foreign entities you skipped over that very much invaded and set up shop in Afghanistan. Scythians, Rouran, Hephtalites, or the Greco-Bactrian kingdom(s) are nothing? It has become one of these modern history-related myths that people keep repeating but is not true.

[@gunner678]

Define succeeded? I know what you are trying to claim, but it's not quite right if you think about it.

[@BTScriviner]

There's a short video by History Matters that examines the "graveyard of empires" statement. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oICUhounjbJ8aqs

[@patrickscalia5088]

Agreed. Timur/Tamerlane especially, the best proof that evil can thrive, kill tens of thousands, never lose a battle, and still die in bed of old age surrounded by loved ones. If Timur left Afghanistan it was simply because he didn't want it. That man was never, but never, driven out of any place he wanted to be. He was a guy who would kill your entire fucking country rather than let you get a leg up on him. Woe be to the world that he was so extraordinarily good at it. A man so brutal, crass, and bloodthirsty he makes Chinggis Khan and his immediate offspring look like cute bunnies. As far as the other so-called "empires...." The USA is not and never has been an empire; the chief characteristic of an empire being the enslavement and exploitation of entire nations. The closest we came was following the Spanish American war when we absorbed parts of the defunct Spanish empire, best example being the Phillipines. And we beat feet out of there as fast as we could. The Phillipines were an independent, sovereign nation within 30 years of the USA coming in. The Mongols had an empire. Alexander had an empire, even though it lasted about as long as a fart in a windstorm; the USA, nope. Not now and not in the past. But, we proved we could have sit and squatted on Afghanistan for the next 150 years and there's not a damn thing the Taliban nor anyone else could do to dislodge us. Ultimately the reason people quit Afghanistan is because military occupation costs money, and there's nothing, nada, zip in Afghanistan for us to have a reason to linger once we fed the coward bin Ladin and his cowardly bootlicking cronies to the worms and the fish. About 17 of those 20 years were merely indecision while we pondered what to do next and how to do it. Ultimately we did not break Afghanistan and did more than any other nation to try to fix it -- including the Afghanis themselves. It's simply not fixable alas, not at a monetary cost any nation is willing to pay. As far as the Soviets, they too could have stayed on and controlled Afghanistan for as long as they liked. They were brutal enough that once they exterminated enough Afghans--whether combatants or not--that they either got the message or simply weren't enough of them left to resist, they could have stayed on indefinitely with minimal loss of life at least on their own side. The reason most of these military powers left Afghanistan is not because they were driven out, but because in the long term there's simply no compelling reason for a foreign nation to stay in that godforsaken, misbegotten desert. The Afghanis themselves, left to their own devices and means, couldn't drive the Luxembourg or Gambian army out of Afghanistan provided they were staffed with professional soldiers and had modern gear. The only reason the USSR decided to leave when it did was because they were going broke and, as it turned out, were on the brink of national collapse. It was a matter of money. Not ability. It simply wasn't cost-effective for them to stay. It was the Soviet bureaucrats who brought that conflict to a close, not the USA or Afghanis themselves. Afghanis could no more keep the USSR or any other modern nation out, or force them to leave, than the American Indians could have stopped the influx of Europeans that eventually nearly destroyed them en masse and in detail. Afghanistan is not a nation. It's a misbegotten jumble of bits and pieces of other nations, ensconced in a part of the world that nobody else has any use for. They can have it. My feeling is that I wouldn't trade the life of even one more American soldier for the entire population of Afghanistan. We sacrificed enough already trying to help them to do something they either refuse or are incapable of doing. Fuck 'em.

[@35milesoflead]

Hey Joe, the first fifteen minutes of these reads like the massive A.I. monologue towards the end of Metal Gear Solid 2. In fact, pretty much everything you said is essentially a plot point from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which celebrates it's 20th anniversary this year. 20 years ago it was a plot point from a Science fiction spy game, now it's modern warfare.

[@ClunFunDun]

Joe your videos are pretty incredible. I thank you for making them.

[@jbirdmax]

“Only two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former” -Albert Einstein