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Technology can be used in many ways, and I believe it has no inherent "evilness" to it; it's all in how it gets used. You can do both wonderful as well as horr

Technology can be used in many ways, and I believe it has no inherent "evilness" to it; it's all in how it gets used. You can do both wonderful as well as horrible things with, e.g. medicine, nuclear physics, electricity, computers, 3D printers, etc. Granted, the video shows off a military application of this particular technology, so there isn't much particularly warm and fuzzy about it. That said, I'm a bit surprised at the overall response from the tech sites I frequent (HN, etc); it's almost as if everyone universally agrees that this is the epitome of evil or something. IMHO, there are far scarier things that will happen in our lifetimes.

brazzy 14y ago
> Technology can be used in many ways, and I believe it has no inherent "evilness" to it; it's all in how it gets used. Make that "science" and I agree, but technology is all about specific uses. What exactly is a non-evil way to use a microdrone with lethal armament?
- singular 14y ago
  > What exactly is a non-evil way to use a microdrone with lethal armament? Pest control? :-) We're talking about a class of technology here anyway, yes the specific instances tend to obviously be for good or evil, but a class of technology has a wide range of applications. Also, I think you could argue that improving military technology so the military only murder specifically those people they meant to murder (I hate these 'collateral damage'-type weasel words) is a good thing.