The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing

Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by chrisseaton on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:54PM (#19176729)

How is the situation any different than at the moment?

If you can capture an autonomous submarine just by throwing a net over it, then presumably you can also capture a manned submarine in the same way? What difference do the bodies inside make in terms of being able to capture it? Just better at evading?

And losing a submarine compared to losing a submarine and the people inside it seems a better deal, doesn't it?

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Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by ceejayoz on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:57PM (#19176749)

It's a lot more justifiable to use deadly force to respond when human lives are being placed at risk. The diplomatic consequences are likely to be different, as well.

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Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by ceejayoz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @08:55AM (#19178548)

> You mean precious lives of Americans.

I really don't. Switch the nationalities and my answer is the same - self-defense when human lives are at risk is a lot more justifiable than self-defense of a robot. People are worth more than electronics.

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Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by gdy on Sunday February 17, 2019 @02:12PM (#19186217)

This is a fair point I agree with.

Is it also justifiable to use deadly force in the response to actions not involving deadly force and only hypothetically putting lives at risk?

Because this is what you said in your original comment.

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Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by ceejayoz on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:09PM (#19186931)

I said, and I quote: "can it defend itself? Should it?"

Armed, unmanned robots change the calculus on both sides of an engagement.

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Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing by gdy on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:47AM (#19189381)

I meant to refer to "It's a lot more justifiable to use deadly force to respond when human lives are being placed at risk"

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