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The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If entire wars could be fought by proxy with robots instead of humans, would that be better (or less bad) than the way wars are currently fought? I feel like it might be.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You're headed towards the Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon". I'd also note, that people losing a war without suffering recognizable losses are less likely to surrender to the victor.