Will there be a World War 3?

[Athlai]

?

 

[Burgey]

Do you have any specific timeframe in mind?

 

[Shri]

If it does, it would be messy as ****. I think it will be more like pockets where civil wars take place tbh. When we contaminate enough fresh water sources in tightly populated regions, mass immigrations are likely going to take place and we will have ugly fights where we won't be able to point clearly at groups and call them bad.

 

[Athlai]

Do you have any specific timeframe in mind?

Na, speculate as widely and wildly as you like IMO.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

AKA the Robot Wars.

 

[Ausage]

Not a for/against from me, but this was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4m24zv/i_am_an_artificial_hive_mind_called_unu_i/

Will a great power war erupt within the next fifteen years?

UNU SAYS: YES

You can see a replay of UNU answering this question here: http://go.unu.ai/r/41541

Interestingly, the question "Will World War 3 erupt in the next 50 years?" got a "Maybe"

https://unanimous.ai/unu-apocalypse/

 

[sledger]

Hopefully by this time I will be living off the grid.

 

[Burgey]

You certainly will be afterwards.

 

[Pratters]

No.

 

[fredfertang]

A world where the only place it is possible to live is Australia is a weird concept

 

[Uppercut]

Probably. Humans are dumb.

 

[Burgey]

A world where the only place it is possible to live is Australia is a magnificent concept

Agreed

 

[Flem274*]

Some people can't help themselves and push buttons on internet adverts that give them viruses. Eventually someone is going to look at the nuclear button the same way.

 

[Niall]

Is this because football is coming home?

 

[Athlai]

I feel like there are a few ways world war 3 could happen, but I always lean towards it being unlikely.

- Russia the dying super power, Russia economically is pretty weak, and militarily they are very strong. I honestly don’t see them not continuing to rock the boat. Theoretically in the next twenty to thirty years they may finally push something too far.

- China the emerging military super power, the Chinese carrier fleet is in production and with the type 003 China will be at the cutting edge of military, global technology, disputes in the South China Sea and abroad could theoretically escalate or continue to escalate in the next 20-40 years

- European hegemony, Europe have plans to militarise, mostly due to the French. Is it really impossible to see some populist French/German/Italian warhound take a boot to Russia or turkey or something in the next fifty years?

- America, it’s america.

 

[Uppercut]

I feel like there are a few ways world war 3 could happen, but I always lean towards it being unlikely.

- Russia the dying super power, Russia economically is pretty weak, and militarily they are very strong. I honestly don’t see them not continuing to rock the boat. Theoretically in the next twenty to thirty years they may finally push something too far.

- China the emerging military super power, the Chinese carrier fleet is in production and with the type 003 China will be at the cutting edge of military, global technology, disputes in the South China Sea and abroad could theoretically escalate or continue to escalate in the next 20-40 years

- European hegemony, Europe have plans to militarise, mostly due to the French. Is it really impossible to see some populist French/German/Italian warhound take a boot to Russia or turkey or something in the next fifty years?

- America, it’s america.

I think the first three ways attribute too much rationality to nation states. The last way is the most convincing, except in place of "America" it should be "everyone". All it really takes is for the deeply flawed political system of one or more countries to turf up the wrong brand of idiotic leadership at the wrong time. It's what happened the first two times.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

There will be major civil wars before there will ever be a World War.

The world is too connected now. Internet

 

[zorax]

Definitely feel a civil war in USA is likely to happen before WW3 does.

International relations aren't that bad tbh. China are probably the most worrying player.

 

[Burgey]

I feel like there are a few ways world war 3 could happen, but I always lean towards it being unlikely.

- Russia the dying super power, Russia economically is pretty weak, and militarily they are very strong. I honestly don’t see them not continuing to rock the boat. Theoretically in the next twenty to thirty years they may finally push something too far.

- China the emerging military super power, the Chinese carrier fleet is in production and with the type 003 China will be at the cutting edge of military, global technology, disputes in the South China Sea and abroad could theoretically escalate or continue to escalate in the next 20-40 years

- European hegemony, Europe have plans to militarise, mostly due to the French. Is it really impossible to see some populist French/German/Italian warhound take a boot to Russia or turkey or something in the next fifty years?

- America, it’s america.

America won’t atart a world war. They always come late to the big important wars then claim they won them single handed, while kicking off smaller ones they shouldn’t then lose them.

 

[GIMH]

^correct