Since I’m new here help me through this.
i wonder why aren’t there any combat androids in the halo universe, since its Sci-fi should the unsc army and marine corps use some sort of synthetic to assist them (like the weyland-yutani combat synthetics)for example; they could be used as hazmat teams or EOD/sapper units to get rid of land mines, ied’s and other traps laid by the enemy. If you know any, that’ll be awesome. Thanks.
There are Auto turrets in Halo 4 now, dose that count?
Also, welcome to Waypoint!
Thank you well at least there are robots.
Probably so they don’t get hacked.
I’m too lazy and tired to look right now but I believe they have drones similar what we have now but they’re autonomous with high tech gadgets meant to sniff out insurrectionist bombs.
> Probably so they don’t get hacked.
I don’t think they would get hacked too often by covies, the only ones that could really put a hurt on us from hacking them are the Engineers and I don’t think we really even became aware of them until near the end of the war, the only other ones would be the Yanme’e, though they would be slaughtered if they tried. The sangheili most likely would forbid using our tech against us since everything “human” is made out to be sacrilege and spit in the face of their religion.
And finally, you brought up a very good point… You would think they would have some pretty decent un-manned autonomous vehicles built to take some good hits while killing whatever it can point it’s gun at… Considering we have remote versions of what I’m talking about now, look at all the potential!
Do the drones in H3:ODST count? I’m not sure if they were piloted remotely or had AI
Dont they have a paranoia toward AIs? They use them but I expect they wouldn’t give one the ability to snuff out entire populations of people with machine guns attached to controllable robots.
They make a lot of sense but I think Bungie simply decided that they didn’t “fit” the Halo universe, just in the same sense that the UNSC still use bullets in the 26th century. I’m not sure if they were controlled by AIs but the unmanned Wombats of H3 ODST might be the closest thing.
It’s a good point, especially considering that the UNSC has AI’s that actually exceed the mental capabilities of humans in many ways, you’d think they could make, if not combat “androids” (which would require, complex, presumably expensive robotics, many of which would be destroyed in battle), they could make automated tanks, warplanes, etc.
Now, I do think there are a few mentions here and there of automated devices in the Halo universe, but nothing where they do some kind of full scale operation with them.
Now here are possible reasons not to have them:
They could be prohibitively expensive
-smart AI’s are expensive, it’s not like everyone has one in their Toyota in the year 2552
-even if you just consider automated war machines (not human-like robots), they would still probably more complex and expensive than equivalent human controlled machines. What is more effective for the same cost? One of these AI tanks, or three human controlled tanks, for example?
Remote control may be too unreliable, resulting in expensive losses
-okay suppose instead of having the AI in the warmachines, you had a single AI, like Cortana, controlling many of these things from a ship in orbit?
-well in hostile territory, maybe the inconsistencies in terrain and weather would make this type of control (and don’t forget the AI would need realtime feedback as well) too unreliable, resulting in expensive losses
Security
-risk of hacking: even if you think the Covenant is not capable, the risk is still there, also there’s risk from rebels, mercenaries, and anyone who might be willing to profit from compromising the machines at the cost of the military’s chances for success
-risk of AI disobeying? Maybe. Defecting? Maybe; it happened to the Forerunners.
-risk of capture? Is that better or worse than capturing a human controlled warmachine with or without a human pilot? I dunno.
Think about the kind of drones we have now. They can be affective, but they’re not replacements for our advanaced fighter jets with human pilots. Maybe they will be some day, but right now, if the US were to fight an enemy that had competitive aerial combat abilities, we would not be able to succeed with drones.