The probability of war in a state of Utopia can be assured if it happens to be inhabited by human beings. Humans often yearn for greater things, just as explorers sought for something beyond the rainbow creating the need for sailing ships, which led to conflict and, thus, the enthusiasm for building stealth fighter jets, which would be pointless if unused ... would they not?
Ownership is a form of power and (as we know) ultimate power ultimately corrupts. The human animal is possessed of this characteristic much more than other animals and, therefore, finding a Utopia on this Earth is unlikely, unless ....
In the Utopia that I would have mastery over, there would be a major constitutional statement made, apart from the usual Freedoms, which would be the prohibition of any form of military conflict.
Ha, what a dreamer this guy is!
Well, I agree that the world is unprepared for such an idea today. Therefore, let us discuss a future possibility.
Obviously, a form of deterrent must be developed — remember, we are dealing with human beings — and policing would be necessary.
Thus, each country would have a defence system composed entirely of armed UAVs (drones) controlled by highly advanced intelligent computers with decision-controls unable to be overridden by humans, and capable of determining the probable type of any threat and dealing with it — purely as a defensive action, and incapable of escalating into an extended attack mode.
It is also assumed that a future U.N. should have full and fair powers, without any veto, throughout the world, that would mandate this idea globally. The result, hopefully, would be a world free from conflict and free from effective human interference.
Gosh Bernie, you should talk to Margaret Atwood or read Issac Asimov. However, you are correct that once we have the F 35 they MUST be used. It took a long time for Canada to use our F 18's but at last Mr. Qaddafi became a viable target. Yeah for us.
ReplyDeleteSuppose those super computers develop independent intelligence!! Chances are they will of course and then look upon the human species whom they now control as slaves to nurture them until they create robots to do the nurturing at which point humans become redundant.
Yeah for super computers.
There's a song that describes you Bernie;
"I'm only a cockeyed optimist" there's more which i forget. Sorry.
My nimble fingers are hovering impatiently over the keyboard, but first ... I must get some sleep.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, Margaret Asimov would fully understand.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why the word "MUST" is in upper-case because my statement was in the form of a question. But I should agree with the use of the F-35 as much as possible (assuming the purchase) in order to shorten its life. Then the powers-that-be may be more accommodating to the idea of UAVs with AI (artificial intelligence).
To indicate that human animals, given the status of politicians, are more capable in deciding the war or peace question, without bias or corruption, is extending my trust in human behaviour a little too much.
To be redundant and exiled to the Caribbean, having inserted an anti-annihilation chip into the computers, seems quite acceptable to me.
Have I thought of everything?
By the way, the cockeyed optimist sings; "I have heard people rant and rave and bellow ...." And Barbara Streisand sings it best.
Ah, someone has just whispered in my ear, "How would we neutralize despot dictators in countries such as Libya?"
ReplyDeleteQuite simple ... isolationism. In Libya, everyone would have to live in tents (not only colonels) if they could not sell their oil.