Kamp Kuzma: The Operators' Campgrounds (For Operating)

Well there are two concepts of AI so far. The Top to bottom and Bottom to top AI. Top to bottom is how most of our AI has been done. The bottom to up is an approach that could be compared to similar of human learning opposite of Top to bottom which relies on prepared libraries which are expanded and then searched. So as far as this goes Top to Bottom is an AI that won't do anything if it doesn't find it in it's library or does and pre scripted app like "I don't understand" response. The bottom to up might if enough data is accumulated become what we could say is a real AI. Unfortunately I have not studied enough of the topic to compare them on some more scientific scale but so far the bottom to up is jut a fleeting dream and an AI that could possibly be the one closest to real AI.

Fucking hell, U.S. Army is canning another of their firearm competitions. The Individual Carbine Competition that is aiming to replace the Colt M4 Carbine currently in service, many of its competitors are all very much an AR in design including LWRC M6, H&K HK416 and Colt CM901. Other competitors included the Bushmaster ACR, Robinson Armament XCR and FN Mk.16 Mod. 0.

I do not know what level of retardation this nation's politicians possess but I can imagine that if they're pressing for their Army to replace perfectly good firearms in service for other ones countless times(Joint Service Small Arms Program, Objective Individual Combat Weapon Competition, Future Handgun System/Joint Combat Pistol Competition, Advance Combat Rifle Program, etc.) whilst placing budget cuts on said Army. They must be pretty damn retarded.

^ I agree. What's wrong with those people. I don't see any valid reason to replace current firearms of US Army . On the other hand I'd like to see the solved polymer problem of our CZ805 and finally replacement of our current side-arm CZ82, because thousands of them are well well beyond their lifespan not to mention they use 9x18 Makarov. What's wrong with fielding CZ75 as a standard and decommission 82 already. 82 is also fixed barrel design Blowback action so the replacement of barrel is almost the same to replacing the whole gun, while CZ75 is short recoil with tilting barrel.
I often hear the guys I know from the military (one is actually my instructor) bitching about 82 because of the worn-out barrels the bullets go anywhere they want...

CZ75s are great, amazing pistols. It's one of the 'Wonder Nine' pistols and it's your country's own design. It's not like they're waiting for a license to produce it or anything, unless they simply don't have the budget to equip en masse in which case they should've done this change before their change to the Bren because the vz. 58 is a perfectly good rifle.

Kinda annoying how sometimes decisions made in one country would have been more fitting for another country.

Well some units are using CZ75, but standard issue is still 82.The army budged is really poor bud for some reason we still manage to lease JAS-39 Gripens or buy Pandur APCs(Dunno what's wrong with BMPs). The CZ 58 is a good rifle but NATO standard is 5,56 after all as a member state of NATO we must think about this as well. CZ805 can fire both cartridges. We still use Vz.58s en mass but some units are equipped with CZ805. From what I heard it's a good rifle but the polymer components are of poor quality so they tend break.

Heh, that's a shame. Czech army sounds like a force to be reckoned with, now if only they had a proper budget and armory to match.

Yeah. It would probably be better if ministry of defence was run by veterans. We'll see what will General Picek do. He got the post on March this year.
He surely be better than Peak was. That woman told that if the soldiers rifle is out (for whatever reason) they still have sidearms to use. Yeah sure sidearms of effective range of 25m in vast plains and mountains of Afghan. Great thinking...

Jeez, with that kind of policy, I wouldn't be surprised to see your boys running AKs they got from dead insurgents in Afghanistan or even pay out of their own wallets to acquire arms from underground markets. Sadly some people who aren't cut out for it are placed to run it.


Back on an old topic, I once mentioned something about Human Rights Watch activists going about against 'killer robots'. Seems like the UN is jumping on the bandwagon as a professor part of the UN Human Rights Commission has written a 22 page report on these alleged "lethal autonomous robots" or LARs. Apparently because these automatic machines cannot differentiate from civilians and combative targets, they are a big deal and



He goes on to say that nations who wish to implement these LARs should provide "considerable proof" as to why they should be used.

Also with the UN, now that Mali is slowly becoming more and more of a war zone, it seems that they'll be sending Peacekeepers there to relieve the French forces who've been fighting since January. Small number of the French boys will be staying as part of an offensive force but these Peacekeepers will also be in on the action, being more of an 'intervention' force rather than peacekeepers since there is no peace to keep. Really wish the commanders here send me up with our portion of Peacekeepers.

Kei-chan
How's it going?

@Kei: Yeah the AI is probably not smart enought to deal with this. One possibility would probably be the thermo-imaging sensor or something which would recognize firearms held. Firearm= soldier, but still there is too many holes into it so I think human operator is so far only possibility...

(Is on night shift)

Doing quite fine as a matter of fact. Been back at work for a week now and I've missed it quite a lot.



Any machinery with a human operator is the ONLY option, IMO. I've already expressed so far that I do not like the idea of AI managing things on its own, especially when it comes to fire missions and the like. A human factor needs to be there in case of a bug or something which new technology is always susceptible to when first implemented.

But at the same time, I find it distasteful of these people making a fuss over it and accusing them as 'killer robots' when they haven't done anything yet, not even created yet. Human Rights activists always have these over inflated sense of righteousness that I find ever so irritating during my everyday life.

^Yeah...

Also this is kinda disturbing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22421185

I don't like the idea of it. We have gun laws for a reason...

Ah so Defense Distributed has finally done it. Well, I don't really mind them, matter of fact I'm rooting for them. It's a message to the government that they cannot take the people's rights because there are determined people like these who will defend them in any innovative manner possible. (Of course, this case only really applies to the US. . . )

Yeah I get that it's .22 LR farter with *replace barrel after one shoot* but still a people that dunno about these things will be flaming about it...

VALERIY: Just to note, people(especially conservative politicians, news programs, 'important' individuals whatever) have flamed about this. . . For quite a while actually. Defense Distributed have been working on this for quite a while now and have not been without enemies. They were even hindered by the government until they finally got through the proper paperwork.

A .22 LR pistol, while first of its kind, is not all that amazing to me. Personally, I'd love to see when they finally make a fully 3D printed AR-15 like their goal was from the beginning

I don't think plastic can be that durable...

It can and it will. Give enough time and someone will figure out the formula for printable plastic that is as durable as metal.

That's kinda scary thought. But will it be as resilient to heat as well?

They've successfully fired 100 rounds out of an AR that used a printed lower receiver using a printed magazine as well. I think they are well on to making a fully printed AR-15. My only worry is the barrel and gas tube, like Lance said, will it be as resilient to heat?

My answer is eventually yes it will be and sometime later even more resilient.

Well, Printable carbon fibre that has Titanium particles for reenforcement.