{"id":161995,"date":"2023-04-12T14:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/science-fiction-is-influencing-how-we-conduct-war-and-we-might-not-like-the-results"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:23:16","slug":"science-fiction-is-influencing-how-we-conduct-war-and-we-might-not-like-the-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/science-fiction-is-influencing-how-we-conduct-war-and-we-might-not-like-the-results","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction Is Influencing How We Conduct War And We Might Not Like The Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/science-fiction-is-influencing-how-we-conduct-war-and-we-might-not-like-the-results2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From high-tech fighting machines to supercomputers and <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/killer-robots-already-exist-and-theyve-been-here-a-very-long-time-113941\">killer robots<\/a>, science fiction has a lot to say about war. You might be surprised to learn that some governments (including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/futuristic-visions-from-sci-fi-writers-offer-insights-for-defence\">UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/7\/24\/20708432\/france-military-science-fiction-writers-red-team\">France<\/a>) are now turning their attention to these fantastical stories as a way to think about possible futures and try and ward off any potential threats.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwELr8ir9qM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For many years now, science fiction writers have made prophesies about futuristic technologies that have later become a reality. In 1964, Arthur C. Clarke famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YwELr8ir9qM&t=2s\">predicted the internet<\/a>. And in 1983, Isaac Asimov predicted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46736024\">modern life would become impossible without computers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This has made governments take note. Not only can science fiction help us imagine a future shaped by new technologies, but it can also help us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/futuristic-visions-from-sci-fi-writers-offer-insights-for-defence\">learn lessons about potential threats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From high-tech fighting machines to supercomputers and killer robots, science fiction has a lot to say about war. You might be surprised to learn that some governments (including the UK and France) are now turning their attention to these fantastical stories as a way to think about possible futures and try and ward off any [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,6,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-robotics-ai","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}