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by andi999 1458 days ago
You need a human in the loop, otherwise there would be no legal recourse on war crimes.
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My reaction: It should be the same consequences for war crimes as if you'd fired a barrage of WWII-era VT-fused artillery shells at a refugee camp, or laid an old-fashioned minefield in the playground of an orphanage. Some "smart" gadget you built & deployed did something horrible. Your ass.

Or, if you protest that "the AI did it!" - then you have to march across a field guarded by a bunch of "smart" weapon systems. The justice system is not responsible if any of those AI's malfunction and kill you.