I would suggest that the first autonomous weapon was likely to be animal in nature - like Ceaser's "dog's of war". Train dogs to be as vicious as you can, and l

I would suggest that the first autonomous weapon was likely to be animal in nature - like Ceaser's "dog's of war". Train dogs to be as vicious as you can, and let them loose on the battlefield. I don't think "opposition" in the sense of an organized political movement was as much of a feature of life back then. You did whatever you could to win, and there was no "international community" to tut at you for it.