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by infimum 3277 days ago
> Once everything is sufficiently automated it will be possible to wage war without risking any of your humans.

i don't see how that could possibly work. just because people won't die directly from a weapon anymore doesn't mean they aren't negatively impacted in this hypothetical scenario. i'm thinking of attacks crippling key infrastructure which could lead to large scale supply shortages