Artificial Intelligence. Part-One.

Mans fear of A.I.

It would seem that there are a number of scientists and writers who at this time are trying to warn the world that A.I is developing at an alarming rate. They are warning that within 100 years Humanity could be extinct and replaced with self-thinking and repairing robots.

The Robotics industry has now moved on from automobile manufacturing to the various 'Asimo type humanoid machines. Honda of Japan has been one of the leaders in this field of robotics, but so has Germany and Russia.

But it all lies in the construction of U.S. Military self thinking processors that have been fitted to Predator and Raptor drones being used in Afghanistan, N-Pakistan and now the Syrian-Iraqi ISIL (Islamic State in Levant) front. Many other experimental types of U.S. robotics have been deployed in Yemen, Somalia and the Kenyan-Ethiopia region.

I want to look further into this and see the benefits of these Robots and why there are fears arising?

Corvettes and Frigates.

Future?

Which navies around the world still operate Corvettes, and do they not all employ Frigates of varying sizes?  

Since the second world-war (1939-45) many navies have developed greatly with many advances in missile systems over guns and sonar. Meanwhile there has also been many new advances in the gathering of electronic intelligence and systems for counter attack.

What is the differences between a Frigate and a Corvette?
Has it more to do with their role in the theatre of warfare.

Today some navies, if they are not just called defense forces employ the Corvette for inshore patrol, with a bit of a punch. While the Frigate is more of a real warship, missiles, air defenses, Helicopter facility and torpedo tubes.