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If a human being does the shooting there is a human element involved - someone to surrender to, a possibility for mercy, a chance at accountability at a court,

If a human being does the shooting there is a human element involved - someone to surrender to, a possibility for mercy, a chance at accountability at a court, someone to write a book about what happened 20 years later. All of those things are important, but none of them are a priority for the people who have the "AI with a gun" programmed.

golergka 9y ago
> none of them are a priority for the people who have the "AI with a gun" programmed Aren't they, really? Why do you think so? Soldiers have exactly the same incentives as designers and engineers of those devices: accepting enemy's surrender can be a rational tactical choice (so that more of them surrender instead of fighting to the end), they are just as accountable in the eyes of law (which may be important to them or not - exactly the same as the usual soldiers), etc. The only difference is, AI will make choices rationally and less influences by emotions of the battlefield. Do you really think then net result of average soldier's emotions brings him closer to "merciful"? As far as I can tell, it's the opposite - most powerful emotion on the battlefield is usually fear, and it doesn't make people merciful at all.
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