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> would prefer machines fighting (and being destroyed autonomously) rather than my people dying But the reality is more like the surprise of a bunch of submer
by Quarrelsome 8mo ago
> would prefer machines fighting (and being destroyed autonomously) rather than my people dying
But the reality is more like the surprise of a bunch of submersible kill bots terrorising a coastal city and murdering people. Even in bot-first combat, at some point one side of bots wins either totally, allowing it to kill people indiscriminately or partially, which forces the team on the back foot to pivot to guerilla warfare and terror attacks, using robots.
- sithamet 8mo agoHumans actually do exactly the same, google Mariupol or Bucha or what drones (human-piloted) are doing in Cherson, so the city is all covered by fishnet. Machines delay the moment people start dying; true not only for military applications btw.
- Quarrelsome 8mo agosure but it remains somewhat ethical to want them piloted, so children growing up in a post war landscape don't accidentally disturb something considerably more terrifying than a land mine.