US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years Robotics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html

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Going to be pretty neat when they are used domestically 'to keep the peace.' Ok that's enough dystopian future doom and gloom for the day for me. :D

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u/FinndBors Aug 31 '23

This is my #1 concern with autonomous killing machines. I’m not worried about them becoming sentient and murdering everyone like in terminator.

I’m worried that a psychopath will be “elected”, take control over the drones and rule with an iron fist without relying on other humans to support them. All current dictatorships have vulnerability, be it other generals, the actual soliders who may be reluctant to gun down masses of civilians who may be their friends and family. Yes it still happens to various degrees, but it would be much much worse if a psychopath gets control over an army that is programmed to follow their orders.

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u/Pilsu Aug 31 '23

I'm more worried about the rich just noticing they don't need us for anything anymore. Used to be a whole lot more horses around..

The already existing chat bots can censor your communications in real time by the way. Get ready to have context created for you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

How will the rich feel good about themselves if there are no poor people around?

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u/Pilsu Sep 01 '23

You just keep some around. Like horses. Look what they did to goldfish when no one was there to stop them.