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by eternalban 1864 days ago
These are obvious dimensions that need to be considered. Of course there can be discussion as to boundaries drawn in that (here 2-d) space as to 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable'. There may be other dimensions as well, such as 'decision making input sources', etc.

As to your specific example, while system x may have 'full agency (autonomous, willful)', if it is purely 'defensive' in nature, it may indeed fall within acceptable zone.

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And as for completely offensive weapons controlled by humans?

Your metric seems arbitrary. Why (only) two dimensions?