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No one should consider themselves informed on the subject of "killer robots" without having read this: http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/global/the-second-am
by asciilifeform 17y ago
No one should consider themselves informed on the subject of "killer robots" without having read this:
http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/global/the-second-amendment-in-iraq-combat-robotics-and-the-future-of-human-liberty-820 http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/global/the-second-amendm...
- jacquesm 17y agosecond that, it takes a while to read it though, it's a long piece but well worth it.
- anigbrowl 17y agoSeconded. Although it focuses mainly on the US, consider too the implications in a society like the UK where surveillance cameras are extremely thick on the ground.
- pavel_lishin 17y ago"What this effort will do, if it is successful, is defang ... all populations, overthrowing the protective effect individual firearms ownership, destroying the intent and effectiveness of the Second Amendment, and unbalancing the Constitution permanently through evolving technology which end-runs around the original intent of the Framers." Hasn't this already happened? Iraq very clearly demonstrates that a massive force will overrun you no matter how many arms your citizens possess. Citizens usually don't possess missiles, anti-tank weaponry, large-caliber arms, etc. You don't need significantly advanced technology; you just need slightly better weapons, and slightly more of them. The flipside, though, is that we could reinterpret software and hardware as arms; if robots are standing on the street corners, the ability to fight back electronically becomes the only option.