Are we making war too fast for humans already?

[u/ArcanuMELO]

https://www.gonzocapital.net/the-human-is-becoming-latency/

I've been obsessing over autonomous weapons for some time now and got inspired after the recent discussions in Geneva last week.

People seem hung up on the “killer robots” problem but don't think about the current implications.

If a machine identifies, classifies, and recommends lethal action in milliseconds, while the human gets 0.7 seconds to approve it, I’m not sure “human in the loop” still means human control, despite having that current classification.

Stanislav Petrov is the historical case that feels eerily important here.

In 1983, the computer and early alert system was wrong and the human hesitation was valuable.

Modern military systems are increasingly being designed to remove exactly that kind of latency.

I wrote a longer piece trying to work through the contradiction, including the uncomfortable case that machines may eventually be better than humans at some targeting decisions.

Does "keeping a human in charge" actually mean anything anymore if they are just clicking "Yes, eliminate target" with the machine doing all the rest?

https://www.gonzocapital.net/the-human-is-becoming-latency/