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by A4ET8a8uTh0 573 days ago
It is interesting and paints rather annoying future once those are cheaper. I am glad this research is conducted, but I think here the measure cannot be technical ( more silly guardrails in software.. or even blobs in hardware ).

What we need is a clear indication of who is to blame when a bad decision is made? I would argue, just like with a weapon, that the person giving/writing instructions is, but I am sure there will be interesting edge cases that do not yet account for dead man's switch and the like.

edit: On the other side of the coin, it is hard not to get excited ( 10k for a flamethrower robot seems like a steal even if I end up on a list somewhere ).