​No Richard.

Since I was the one to suggest the drone use, you need to look at the orignal message and READ IT.

I stated that the precondition for using drones in combat operations would be met with the BY THEN (late 22nd century, i.e. post-2165) ubiquitous use of drone technology in every day household drone utility BY ADULTHOOD.

We are on the way ALREADY. Programmable cooking cycles in microwaves, sensor technology in refrigerators, sensors in washing machines, three to four microprocessors in the motor vehicles, audio-activated lighting, etc. Small steps.

This means that from the age of three to the age of 18 the individual would have FIFTEEN YEARS of formal and informal drone use training, including direct neural learning from parents, peers and educators, probably including virtual reality training. People will learn and use drones 150 years from now the way teenagers think nothing special of learning to drive a motor vehicle while ​in 1865 an engine driver was a very select and highly admired profession within engineering, with only very few working on OFF-RAIL vehicle technology, and few children could possibly imagine learning to drive a car because NO PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM existed.

Don't go down the hair-splitting road with me Richard. If YOU call 'from birth' a "toddler", then what happens in the first nine months after birth is not a toddler.

In any case, I used "three year old" not for physical reference to an ability to walk (not earliest ability to stand), but a maturity in brain development. I don't think this will change significantly by the late 22nd century, but can be augmented and improved technologically when the brain is at a stage of development to be receptive to exploiting the technology.

​Greg Chalik​