Gamers, your country needs you: UK Gov asking gamers to join the military (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)

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Introducing a direct recruitment route for cyber specialists, particularly targeting top gamers and coders. “If you are a top gamer or coder, your country needs you,” Healey said.

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder if we'll ever move past human soldiers entirely, and have robots fight proxy wars, like a giant international international game of battlebots. Could further reduce loss of life and human suffering.

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