Re:Google.com/killer-robots.txt
by jimmaswell on Friday July 04, 2014 @06:18PM
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>Only for the country employing them...
So?
>What if the Americans will have "freedom robots" who will "liberate" those poor middle eastern countries, who will never be able to afford something like that?
If that's what's going to be done anyway, better to use robots for it than humans
>Will there still be a reason to back down when there are no American soldier's lifes at stake?
Even if the presence of robots instead of humans results in more combat occurring, it'd still probably save more lives than if the robots hadn't been invented. And I'll admit that I just might care more about American soldiers' well-being than that of whoever they fight against.
So?
>What if the Americans will have "freedom robots" who will "liberate" those poor middle eastern countries, who will never be able to afford something like that?
If that's what's going to be done anyway, better to use robots for it than humans
>Will there still be a reason to back down when there are no American soldier's lifes at stake?
Even if the presence of robots instead of humans results in more combat occurring, it'd still probably save more lives than if the robots hadn't been invented. And I'll admit that I just might care more about American soldiers' well-being than that of whoever they fight against.