[cabalamat]

> It's always good to be reminded that we're already living in the future.

This is not a new phenomenon; the first use of autonomous killer robots was in 1943, in the form of acoustically guided torpedoes.

[hugh3]

Well heck, if we're going to stretch the analogy why not a mouse trap?

[krschultz]

Because nobody has ever been killed by a misguided mousetrap?

[hugh3]

Bear trap, then.

[cabalamat]

They don't move around of their own accord, attempting to close with the target. Guided weapons do.