> On Nov 2, 2015, at 23:46, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > It feels wrong that a computer would be better than a human in the "planning" > roles like sensor operation and tactics and worse than a human at "executing" > roles like piloting and gunner. >
Not to me. The display of a radar screen or a sonar is extensively processed by a robot before a human sees it. That's been true pretty much forever; the complexity and sophistication of the robot has increased dramatically. Computers are just now becoming able to drive cars. They've been able to fly planes in routine situations for some time (it would be a trivial extension of the autopilot to have it fly an airline route without human interaction), but reaction in combat is hard. Gunner programs are harder and the only ones that are ork are highly specialized. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
