If you’re one of the people who think that the age of the Terminator is near, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. The British Army is pushing out their “Noting Can Do What A Soldier Can Do” campaign, which basically quells the misconception that robots can fight the wars that so far our men and women in uniform have won for us.
The ad, which you can watch below, paints a picture of a creepy future where a robot is seen running around a warzone, complete with a green laser shooting out of its eye.
Despite the advances that the military has made when it comes to new technologies, the ad reminds people that real people fight the real war, with human hearts and minds. The new advertisement is meant to reinforce that the job of a soldier is irreplaceable, given that real people can only make intuitive and instinctive moves.
Speaking about the new ad, Colonel Nick Mackenzie, assistant director of recruiting, said: “Like previous recruitment campaigns, Nothing Can Do What A Soldier Can Do aims to dispel one of the many myths that surround the British Army.”
“This time, looking at the British Army of the future and the role of soldiers within it. We want to tell future recruits that, no matter what technological advancements we make, it is the judgment, intelligence and even the wit of our soldiers that is indispensable to the future of the Army,” he said.
“We hope the campaign will lead to potential applicants seeing the Army as an exciting place they can learn and grow, and be valued as an integral part in our future,” he added.
Richard Holroyd, managing director of Capita Defence, Fire and Security, said: “While we live more of our lives online and increasingly in augmented realities, it’s easy to believe that the future of any armed force is now about mass robotic units managed by unfeeling AI. As a former soldier, I know that will simply never be the case. Technology must work alongside the human ingenuity of soldiers and personnel – the army of the future still needs you.”
The world is quickly moving toward a more robotic version of everything. But a warfront is no place for something so mechanical to make the key decisions.
NASA!!.. look deeper. Your all puppets
While robots have their place in today’s world, from deep sky/planet exploration to military technology and it’s arsenal, to quote a line from the article above “the job of a soldier is irreplaceable, given that real people can only make intuitive and instinctive moves.”. Robots don’t have the ‘much relied on gut feeling/intuitiveness/instincts’ (call it what you will) when it comes to knowing or feeling something is wrong, even to notice people or villagers/town’s people are acting out of character, indicating something is really wrong, that a human soldier picks up on.
Anyone who thinks robots are anywhere near close to replacing the human soldier ‘may’ have been over-indulging on a little too much on the sci-fi or conspiracy channels. (Note I said ‘may’, not ‘have’ been).
We are far, far away from a stage or point in time where robots could even be remotely considered in replacing human soldiers.
The list is endless as to why a robot army is a concept not even worth considering for a very long time.
I have to agree with you there
Although advancement in technology is great…as with robots theyre only as good as the human who designed and made them.like anything good when it works but when it doesnt its back to basics…🤔..humans are unique.can never replace that..
Unfortunately we are going into the Terminator age right now.
The reason why they would use robots over humans is:
The robots don’t talk back or mess up, so there would be no need for:
– card alpha miss engagements.
Robots do not need to eat and cost less to maintain or less to build, once they have perfected the mould to build them.
But I am a supporter of the team Humans, both on the field and within our shopping mails.
Nothing beats the human touch to interact with all the time.
But sadly that advertisement IS telling us, that they are ready to replace us soldiers, if they don’t get the recruitment numbers that they are after.