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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by jessriedel on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:42PM (#23424878)
How long can the delay be between the fire button and they actual violent act? People shot un-recallable missiles and artillery that doesn't land for minutes but does sophisticated tracking and maneuvering in the meantime. Is that a drone?
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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by imtringued on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:05AM (#23425837)
Stop with the stupid nitpicking. You should already know the reason why we have humans in our war machines is that they are the ones with the authority to designate targets and deploy the weapon against the designated target.
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Re:The case for declaring armed and fully autonomous drone s... by adrianN on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:35AM (#23427764)
It's not stupid nitpicking at all. If I designate Jon Doe as a target and have a swarm of drones do facial recognition the laws have to be clear enough to distinguish this from me putting a tracking device in Jon Doe's pocket and have a missile home in on that signal.
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