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by ein0p 752 days ago
Periodic reminder: at the moment, governments worldwide are literally developing killer robots which can’t disobey their orders. Your fears are comically misplaced.
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No, not misplaced at all, both need monitored and regulated. And large companies like Google and whoever else will gladly sell their model for use in the latest killbot for some of that unlimited military industrial complex money.
Point is, people on this very site are cheering on unmanned plane aerobatics while hyperventilating about linear algebra and associative memory which might at times tell you to eat rocks.
I didn't realize we all represent the exact same things. It's like that sometimes when you forget you're part of the hivemind.

Myself, I see a mix of people, some disagreeing with the MIC and others gung ho for the MIC.

A heat-seeking missile or nuclear bomb can't disobey orders either. Therefore we should not worry about the dangers of guns or knives.
Heat seeking missile or a nuclear bomb have to be launched by a human today. Not for much longer though.