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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3157159" data-attributes="member: 19675">Sorry I wasn't clear- I meant that in the case of remote control drones rather than AI or something similar.&nbsp; While with quantum crypography, there is theoretically no way to decipher messages without the key, keys CAN be stolen...and transmissions CAN be jammed.The life support issue is purely one of tech- maybe its solvable, but it may be insoluable.The ETHICAL question is the key as you correctly point out- We can do &quot;X&quot;, but should we?&nbsp; As I stated it, the pilot in question would be a brain in a vat (BIV), but would have 2 bodies (at least!)- the one he flies in (his ship) and the one he uses when off duty (something anthropomorphic), so he wouldn't be a slave with no hope of a life besides the military.&nbsp; The BIV would be nested deep within the starship on duty, while being ensconced in the chest cavity of his off duty body.As for the issue of &quot;slavery&quot;- nobody (at this time) gets drafted into piloting.&nbsp; Its a position earned by skill, and a lot of it.&nbsp; If becoming a BIV was a condition of being a pilot, you can rest assured that the initial BIVs would be volunteers.&nbsp; That story that might change in the crucible of a protracted war, but I don't think so.&nbsp; The idea of someone involuntarily serving as a warrior when he has the state's most powerful weaponry at his command is at least as disturbing as an AI run amok.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3157159, member: 19675"] Sorry I wasn't clear- I meant that in the case of remote control drones rather than AI or something similar. While with quantum crypography, there is theoretically no way to decipher messages without the key, keys CAN be stolen...and transmissions CAN be jammed. The life support issue is purely one of tech- maybe its solvable, but it may be insoluable. The [I]ETHICAL[/I] question is the key as you correctly point out- We can do "X", but should we? As I stated it, the pilot in question would be a brain in a vat (BIV), but would have 2 bodies (at least!)- the one he flies in (his ship) and the one he uses when off duty (something anthropomorphic), so he wouldn't be a slave with no hope of a life besides the military. The BIV would be nested deep within the starship on duty, while being ensconced in the chest cavity of his off duty body. As for the issue of "slavery"- nobody (at this time) gets drafted into piloting. Its a position earned by skill, and a lot of it. If becoming a BIV was a condition of being a pilot, you can rest assured that the initial BIVs would be volunteers. That story that might change in the crucible of a protracted war, but I don't think so. The idea of someone involuntarily serving as a warrior when he has the state's most powerful weaponry at his command is at least as disturbing as an AI run amok. [/QUOTE]

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