It also raises troubling implications for how much individual power a dictator or rogue actor could hold. In order to have military power, you currently need to

It also raises troubling implications for how much individual power a dictator or rogue actor could hold. In order to have military power, you currently need to be able to persuade large numbers of soldiers to follow you, and if this claim to legitimacy is violated, you'll have disobedience, or even a coup. If your soldiers are automated, all you need is a password, and they'll follow you blindly. Tech billionaires can't drift out in floating independent paradises yet, because they need military protection; if some billionaire builds a drone army, who could stop them?