[sfusato]

Will weaponized robots first become a thing in the West or elsewhere? First Israel, now San Francisco, a pretty dystopic future lying ahead.

[mistrial9]

The word 'robot' is what is new here, not machine guns, airplanes and the like .. weaponized machines led to the Great Wars of the 20th Century.

[sfusato]

I guess you're right and that the type of government wouldn't preclude the development of dystopic weapons.