Torsten Reil
11 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 26, 2026 by Torsten Reil · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Aug 26, 2026 positive
Reil: AI algorithms already enable robust GPS-free drone navigation on frontlines
“Pretty much the whole frontline is GPS jammed, so you can't use your GPS receiver, so you need to find a different way to navigate and know where you are. You either do that with a human trying to recognize where they are, just almost like a pilot of a plane d…”
Aug 26, 2026 positive
Aug 26, 2026 positive
Reil: Peace requires making aggression too expensive through deterrence
“In order for that not to dominate everything else, you need to make sure that the rest of the population is, is sufficiently protected so that it's too expensive to try And, you know, use force to take what you want. That's basically what it boils down to. And…”
Aug 26, 2026 positive
Reil: 100,000 strike drones would destroy 3,000 invading tanks within hours
“The deterrence that you get out of having a very large number of strike drones at your border, I think is, is pretty is pretty strong, and the reason is that if you turn up with tanks on the other side, let's say you turn up with 3000 tanks, 100,000 strike dro…”
Aug 26, 2026 bullish
Reil: Scaling military drone usage requires autonomous AI flight over manual operators
“If you really want scale drone usage, they have to fly autonomously. You want to have a human surveying them, looking at what they're doing, and being on or in the loop, but the drones themselves need to be AI controlled and autonomous. It's the only way to ge…”
Aug 26, 2026 neutral
Reil: The desire for conflict is partly hardwired and genetic
“I do think it's in human nature to have at least parts of the population that want to have conflict, that enjoy conflict, that want to you know, increase their sphere of influence sometimes You know, that is political. Sometimes it's geographical. Sometimes yo…”
Aug 26, 2026 neutral
Reil: Future warfare will be autonomous machine battles where humans cannot survive
“I think it's going to be a battle of materiel. It's machines versus machines. The reason for this is that the autonomous mass, as we call it, so the number of drones that can fly in a coordinated way is getting better and better, and it's going to be very hard…”
Aug 26, 2026 positive
Aug 26, 2026 bearish
Aug 26, 2026 negative
Aug 26, 2026 neutral
Reil: Sending humans into battle will become unethical, forcing ground robot adoption
“And at the same time, if you want to have humans on the battlefield, I think it's going to be very difficult. And I think the trend is going to be, and I think people are realizing this, is that it's going to be unethical to send humans on a battlefield where …”