I am torn about drone tech now.

I used to be super stoked about it.

But watching drones kill civilians kind of ruined it. [0]

Then again ... they do put a dent in superpowers powers apparently so ... like I said ... I am torn.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czdmrm6y7r0o

To be fair, a lot of it is moving to drones killing drones.

My prediction is that future wars will actually involve increasingly fewer humans and will be more about tech+manufacturing vs. tech+manufacturing. And of course insurgents + lowcost tech vs. increasingly nonlethal hightech.

This would allow wars to continue without as much of the growing political backlash.

You could say the same about smelting iron. Now we can wage war without tin.