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Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyw
by tyingq 4y ago
Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway.
For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway Isn’t it objectively better than lethally-armed soldiers?
- tyingq 4y agoI imagine that's a complicated question. Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people? I'm not sure. I could see it going both ways: de-humanised killers unleashed, or a lack of fight-or-flight prompted panics. Absent information on that, though, non-lethal is better than lethal.
- alvarezbjm-hn 4y agonon-lethal is still lethal.
- cronix 4y agoThere are plenty of US military drone operators that can answer that.
- tyingq 4y agoI'm not sure that's the best comparison. Regular pilots are even somewhat detached from the effect of their weapons. It's hard to compare directly to handling a gun.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat was the idea behind cops carrying tasers. The reality wound up being that cops still use guns in the situations where lethal force was previously warranted, but they go for the taser in situations they'd previously have had to non-violently deescalate.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoI think it just adds to dehumanization of both sides.
- yucky 4y agoNo. First, it dehumanizes the target. You're effectively playing a video game. Second, it obfuscates the operator and makes culpability harder to assess.
- alvarezbjm-hn 4y agoWhy was this downvoted? Seems a honest opinion. I even agree with such opinion.
- BurningFrog 4y agoThey're manned, the man is just somewhere else.
- ISL 4y agoWorked well for the Milgram experiment.
- drisktradecover 4y agoWhat's Milgram experiment?
- ceejayoz 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
- kornhole 4y agoThe Milgrim study was not quite as bad as it seemed or was reported. A substantial proportion of the "torturers" had figured out that it was not real. Several more protested that it was wrong. Those who did continue were convinced by the researchers that what they were doing was for the greater good. However it did show that the separation of the executioner or torturer from the victim seemed to enable more viciousness. Collateral Murder video leak from Wikileaks may better exhibit this effect.