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0 pointsxdennis1y ago0 comments

I don't know about kill lists, but AI weapons kinda make sense.

No weapons are nice, but if the good guys don't develop AI weapons, the bad guys will.

From what I gather, many US engineers are morally opposed to them. But if China develops them and gets into a war with the US, will Americans be happy to lose knowing that they have the moral high ground?

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hirsin1y ago

This assumes that AI based weaponry provides value. The case in point here is showing that the only value it provides is a flimsy justification for civilian casualties. We... Don't need more of that in the US, nor would it provide a "good guy" any legitimate value.

skidd01y ago

Right, just like if the good guys don't develop a novel coronavirus in a lab, the bad guys will and unleash it on the world!

Development of tools of death is not a good guy/bad guy thing. The "bad guys" think the "good guys" are bad.

I think "killing" is bad, no matter who develops the tools.

shepherdjerred1y ago

There are certainly times when killing is justified. Defeating the Axis in WW2 is a great example of this.

mulmen1y ago

Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died in strategic bombing campaigns to achieve that outcome. Do the ends justify the means?

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atlantic1y ago

"Good guys" and "bad guys". Where did you learn your ethics, the Cartoon Network?

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