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> may actually reduce the risk to civilians because they will make fewer mistakes than human-guided weapons systems So they will enable waging war in situatio

> may actually reduce the risk to civilians because they will make fewer mistakes than human-guided weapons systems So they will enable waging war in situations where it was previously impossible on humanitarian grounds. Nice selling point. Fuck that. I honestly can't decide which is worse: Weapons so terrible nobody wants to go to war, or weapons so neat that war is the obvious choice.

nradov 5y ago
Neat or terrible, regardless of weapons developments wars will still go on.
- bilbo0s 5y ago
  In reality though, most of the munitions such as these will not be used for wars. Unfortunately, I'd have to put my money on munitions like these being used more often for targeted assassinations of <insert name of prominent person here>. It seems on the surface, very effective. And I could see where it would be hard, if not impossible, to trace. I think people in the future will think twice before running for mayor or agreeing to be a sheriff or police chief for instance. For example, once the cartels build some of these, I'm not sure what kind of odds I would give anti-cartel leaders. Probably would be even worse in the US given our acrimonious dichotomy. I could see tit for tat assassinations going on all the time. Of course, all that also means that a lot of work will likely be put into countermeasures. So who knows how all this will develop I guess?
- tclancy 5y ago
  As long as citizens still accept it.
  - hypertele-Xii 5y ago
    Everyone in the world would have to agree to stop war. We have wars still, so clearly eveyone does not agree yet.
  - elzbardico 5y ago
    You're assuming citizens have any say on matters of real importance. A strong assumption nowaday may I say.
thefounder 5y ago
>> where it was previously impossible on humanitarian grounds. Unfortunately I don't really think this matters much in war time.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago
  It doesn't in Libya, but it does in the US where we've spent nearly twenty years in "war time" with little effect on society.
golemiprague 5y ago
Wars happen anyway, someone might start a war with you and then you need to manage to defend yourself without killling too many civilians, if AI helps then why not?

nradov 5y ago

Neat or terrible, regardless of weapons developments wars will still go on.

bilbo0s 5y ago
In reality though, most of the munitions such as these will not be used for wars. Unfortunately, I'd have to put my money on munitions like these being used more often for targeted assassinations of <insert name of prominent person here>. It seems on the surface, very effective. And I could see where it would be hard, if not impossible, to trace. I think people in the future will think twice before running for mayor or agreeing to be a sheriff or police chief for instance. For example, once the cartels build some of these, I'm not sure what kind of odds I would give anti-cartel leaders. Probably would be even worse in the US given our acrimonious dichotomy. I could see tit for tat assassinations going on all the time. Of course, all that also means that a lot of work will likely be put into countermeasures. So who knows how all this will develop I guess?
tclancy 5y ago
As long as citizens still accept it.
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago
  Everyone in the world would have to agree to stop war. We have wars still, so clearly eveyone does not agree yet.
- elzbardico 5y ago
  You're assuming citizens have any say on matters of real importance. A strong assumption nowaday may I say.

thefounder 5y ago

>> where it was previously impossible on humanitarian grounds. Unfortunately I don't really think this matters much in war time.

boomboomsubban 5y ago
It doesn't in Libya, but it does in the US where we've spent nearly twenty years in "war time" with little effect on society.

golemiprague 5y ago

Wars happen anyway, someone might start a war with you and then you need to manage to defend yourself without killling too many civilians, if AI helps then why not?