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The possibility to do great harm with robot swarms is real; load them with a nerve agent or explosive and you have instant mayhem that is almost unstoppable. I
by blisterpeanuts 8y ago
The possibility to do great harm with robot swarms is real; load them with a nerve agent or explosive and you have instant mayhem that is almost unstoppable.
I hope we will come up with some way to control/disable these things, or we may end up with a few psychopaths terrorizing entire cities.
- ams6110 8y agoYes, I came here to say that before anyone gets excited about this, understand that the technology will be weaponized. So if you were unhappy about your company providing administrative software to ICE or the Border Patrol, think twice before lending your talents to this sort of thing.
- vbezhenar 8y agoSounds like chemical weapons which are forbidden in modern warfare, AFAIK. You don't really need robot swarms to deliver toxic substances, there are plenty of simpler ways.
- otakucode 8y agoThose psychopaths already have the capability to terrorize entire cities. And they don't do it. Everyone you pass on the street every day could kill you easily before anyone could do anything to stop them. But it's not something you have to worry about. Because people mostly aren't willing to do harm to others. And for no other reason. Police and most other measures only have effect afterwards, and deterrence doesn't work. The moral sense of those around you is what protects you, and always has.