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From the Ted Talk by Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

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Open Cloze


For example, these were state-of-the-art weapons systems in 1400 A.D. Now they were both very expensive to build and maintain, but with these you could ________ the populace, and the ____________ of political power in feudal society reflected that. Power was focused at the very top. And what changed? Technological innovation. Gunpowder, ______. And pretty soon, armor and castles were obsolete, and it mattered less who you brought to the battlefield versus how many people you brought to the battlefield. And as ______ grew in size, the nation-state arose as a political and logistical requirement of _______. And as _______ had to rely on more of their populace, they _____ to share power. Representative government began to form.

Solution


  1. began
  2. cannon
  3. armies
  4. leaders
  5. defense
  6. dominate
  7. distribution

Original Text


For example, these were state-of-the-art weapons systems in 1400 A.D. Now they were both very expensive to build and maintain, but with these you could dominate the populace, and the distribution of political power in feudal society reflected that. Power was focused at the very top. And what changed? Technological innovation. Gunpowder, cannon. And pretty soon, armor and castles were obsolete, and it mattered less who you brought to the battlefield versus how many people you brought to the battlefield. And as armies grew in size, the nation-state arose as a political and logistical requirement of defense. And as leaders had to rely on more of their populace, they began to share power. Representative government began to form.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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robotic weapons 8
autonomous robotic 6
killer robots 4
combat drones 3
social landscape 3
lethal decisions 2
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representative government 2
human ability 2
powerful incentive 2
incentive pushing 2
civil society 2
autonomous weapons 2
social group 2
criminal organizations 2
critical mass 2
international treaty 2
public spaces 2
autonomous vehicles 2
civic drones 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
autonomous robotic weapons 6
powerful incentive pushing 2

Important Words


  1. armies
  2. armor
  3. arose
  4. battlefield
  5. began
  6. brought
  7. build
  8. cannon
  9. castles
  10. changed
  11. defense
  12. distribution
  13. dominate
  14. expensive
  15. feudal
  16. focused
  17. form
  18. government
  19. grew
  20. gunpowder
  21. innovation
  22. leaders
  23. logistical
  24. maintain
  25. mattered
  26. obsolete
  27. people
  28. political
  29. populace
  30. power
  31. pretty
  32. reflected
  33. rely
  34. representative
  35. requirement
  36. share
  37. size
  38. society
  39. systems
  40. technological
  41. top
  42. weapons