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Re:Drones may have attacked humans fully autonomously for th... by cutemonster on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:37AM (#27355100)
> Why would they go to software when there's plenty of tried and tested low-tech solutions

To kill more people, whilst taking even lower risks themselves.

They probably wouldn't write the software themselves -- they'd get it from e.g. some supportive dictatorship

(With "them", I'm personally not thinking about the talibans, but other groups)

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Re:Drones may have attacked humans fully autonomously for th... by bb88 on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @02:27AM (#27365558)
I just think about the history of war, and it was already pretty brutal without software. I don't see how software changes that equation. More brutal than what?

Sarin gas? Nuclear weapons? Truck Bombs? Strapping bombs onto children?

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Re:Drones may have attacked humans fully autonomously for th... by cutemonster on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:01AM (#27391037)
I didn't say it'd be more brutal.

Cheaper and more accessible though. Not many people can build or buy their own nukes or sarin gas.

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