Probably the worry that the jump from "we defend against slaughterbots" to "we built a better slaughterbot" is just around the corner

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tptacek 9 hours ago | parent [-]

... so don't defend against the slaughterbots?

(I don't know anything about the company we're discussing here, but this is a weird premise.)

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Loughla 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That means 18 year olds will get splattered. I'm not for that. The kids who die in the military are just kids, regardless of their job. They aren't personally responsible for the shit orders they get.

The problem is that anything made for defense is almost inherently useful for offense, and the US is not the most trustworthy government right now. It's, sadly, not inconceivable that an automatic turret mounted shotgun could be put to use against human people across the globe, or even human people who are citizens of the US.

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akerl_ 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sorry, so what's your position here? Are you for or against people working on anti-combat-drone technology?

The comment you're replying to is pointing out the oddity of being anti-good-thing because somebody might one day invert their company's mission entirely.

	▲	Loughla 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I missed the sarcasm in OP's post, I guess. I read it as a flat comment to not have the technology.

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kranke155 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t understand this whole idea that we are going to not having drone and autonomous weapons. Ukraine is being fought with drones. It’s the first drone war. 300k people have died in the Russian side alone. 1 million casualties.

How do you suggest we stop the lessons from the first major drone war from spreading? With hope? Prayers? The terrifying thing about it is - the US is actually already behind on this technology, China can build 1000x more drones than the whole West.

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bigyabai 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Many civilians have seen how drones were used in Lebanon and Gaza, and hesitate to trust Western leadership with that type of kill chain.

It's a borderline certainty that 9 Mothers employees will eventually contribute to the death of an innocent protestor or journalist that opposed the state.

	▲	vscode-rest 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Would you rather everyone except NATO had these capabilities?

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gmerc 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Dude we haven’t even solved human manual slaughter in schools so surely adding auto shotguns to schools is a no brainer after the first incident.

Terminal society this is.