illuminatiscottSun, Sep 6, 2009 I think it is still definitely a war. But as non-human combat becomes the standard around the world, there may be new conventions of warfare that mandate that humans are not to be killed in combat, such that humans deaths in war become a thing of the past and people no longer pay the cost of nations' exertions of economic and technological superiority. I think that since the dawn of civilization, warfare has been about contests of economy, technology, and strategy, and human soldiers have only been the unfortunate vehicles for such force.
Nevertheless, humans will continue to fight to some extent, once their nations lose the ability to create and maintain artificial armies. But it is possible that humans engaging in combat will be viewed with as much disdain as suicide bombing today.
I think it is still definitely a war. But as non-human combat becomes the standard around the world, there may be new conventions of warfare that mandate that humans are not to be killed in combat, such that humans deaths in war become a thing of the past and people no longer pay the cost of nations' exertions of economic and technological superiority. I think that since the dawn of civilization, warfare has been about contests of economy, technology, and strategy, and human soldiers have only been the unfortunate vehicles for such force.
Nevertheless, humans will continue to fight to some extent, once their nations lose the ability to create and maintain artificial armies. But it is possible that humans engaging in combat will be viewed with as much disdain as suicide bombing today.