History is a great source of comparison. Based on past wars, we can see that the future of warfare tends to be increasingly about long-range combat, because we've moved from sword duels to long-range weapons and are entering the era of robots and AI. New technologies will make the presence of humans near conflicts no longer necessary, but this has impacts!
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Future of Wars
Talking about the use of robots and AI in wars means undertaking a projected scenario of what the Future of Wars will be like, starting with an observation of the current state of warfare. The recent situation of current wars around the world has shown us a new methodology never before seen in conflicts, with the introduction of AI, drones, and others…
In the past, wars were almost entirely fought by humans, who needed to travel from their territory for days to reach enemy territory. During this period, battles consisted of sieges of castles and direct confrontations using swords and shields—a very direct human-on-human confrontation, and as a consequence, fatalities were high.
With the advancement of technology, we had the arrival of firearms and then cannons, slightly increasing the range of wars. During this period, we had the so-called trench warfare, in which there was a distance between two "holes," and in this space, an exchange of gunfire, grenades, and bombs took place.
Currently, we are in a very important phase of transition because the distances and threats are now intercontinental, with long-range missiles. Mutual threats have led countries to avoid wars, even though it seems the opposite is happening. Even when wars do occur, the distances are much greater than before, showing a pattern: conflicts tend to increase in distance over time.
Nowadays, it seems we are in a transitional phase. While there are still soldiers, they now use drones much more, meaning that advancements no longer involve so much human-versus-human confrontation, but rather human-versus-machine. At the same time, as a way to combat drones, methods and tools are emerging to disrupt their communication, since for now they are remotely controlled.
No Humans in Wars!
In the future, all these drones that are being used, as well as the humanoid robots that are being developed, should begin to be controlled by autonomous AI. Now, with the advances in the computational capacity of AIs, it is quite possible that it will be incorporated into these technologies to avoid dependence on communication signals. The initial impact this would cause would be a reduction in the need for nearby people to operate these machines, to numbers close to zero.
This would reduce human losses in conflicts. However, history shows us that this situation ended up playing an important role, which is to move the population, being one of the factors responsible for the end of conflicts and reaching agreements even by the countries that were winning the confrontations, since there was no longer popular support. Furthermore, in a scenario of technological equilibrium, it can cause future wars to last not years, but decades, and due to the lack of agreements, wars may only end with total defeats.
