What about terrorist attacks? I'm increasingly worried about that lately. Imagine what a crazy person in USA could do with 5 drones. I only used USA because of the interposition between people with lot of knowledge are about guns and tech.
Even during war, people follow some laws. I don't think terrorists would care if exploding a nuclear reactor could kill thousands
In spite of "terrorist" being this generation's pejorative term for "100% evil, no moral can apply", the so-called terrorists do have moral standards (in effect), and rather reliably follow some laws (generally unwritten).
It's been true for decades that a lone agent with a shoulder-launched missile - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-portable_air-defense_syste... - could shoot down a big airliner either landing or taking off at almost any civilian airport. Yet that pretty much doesn't seem to happen.
Similar for a great many ways in which a motivated-enough crazy could create a mass casualty event, with no need for modern drones or AI. Might you recall the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing ?
(America's 3-letter spooks might claim that they have been secretly foiling all the evil plots - but their Creep State has had so many public failings that it's extremely hard to believe.)
Even Mr. bin Laden's 9/11 attacks aimed at highly symbolic targets - World Trade Center, Pentagon, Capital Building(?). Not at (say) football stadiums packed with hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.
SO - if you work in (or adjacent to) the physical security field, then I'd actually worry about a bit violent crazies with drone or AI drone tech. Similar if you're in a war zone, or some place where the violence is real & regular. And similar if you write fiction, and want to make your Day of the Dronez novel a bestseller.
Otherwise - It's okay if you have an active imagination. Or prefer worrying about drone/AI tech to worrying about (say) your grandmother's failing health. But the things really worth worrying about are heart disease, cancer, accidental injury, stroke, ..., lack of successful relationships, ..., alcoholism, ..., homelessness, ...
You are right about perceived risks vs real risks. Nothing new for me, but it went over my head when talking about terrorism and drones. It makes total sense, thank you.
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What about terrorist attacks? I'm increasingly worried about that lately. Imagine what a crazy person in USA could do with 5 drones. I only used USA because of the interposition between people with lot of knowledge are about guns and tech.
Even during war, people follow some laws. I don't think terrorists would care if exploding a nuclear reactor could kill thousands
In spite of "terrorist" being this generation's pejorative term for "100% evil, no moral can apply", the so-called terrorists do have moral standards (in effect), and rather reliably follow some laws (generally unwritten).
It's been true for decades that a lone agent with a shoulder-launched missile - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-portable_air-defense_syste... - could shoot down a big airliner either landing or taking off at almost any civilian airport. Yet that pretty much doesn't seem to happen.
Similar for a great many ways in which a motivated-enough crazy could create a mass casualty event, with no need for modern drones or AI. Might you recall the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing ?
(America's 3-letter spooks might claim that they have been secretly foiling all the evil plots - but their Creep State has had so many public failings that it's extremely hard to believe.)
Even Mr. bin Laden's 9/11 attacks aimed at highly symbolic targets - World Trade Center, Pentagon, Capital Building(?). Not at (say) football stadiums packed with hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.
SO - if you work in (or adjacent to) the physical security field, then I'd actually worry about a bit violent crazies with drone or AI drone tech. Similar if you're in a war zone, or some place where the violence is real & regular. And similar if you write fiction, and want to make your Day of the Dronez novel a bestseller.
Otherwise - It's okay if you have an active imagination. Or prefer worrying about drone/AI tech to worrying about (say) your grandmother's failing health. But the things really worth worrying about are heart disease, cancer, accidental injury, stroke, ..., lack of successful relationships, ..., alcoholism, ..., homelessness, ...
You are right about perceived risks vs real risks. Nothing new for me, but it went over my head when talking about terrorism and drones. It makes total sense, thank you.