[j16sdiz]

This is not answering the question.. and HN ain't US only.

You can say the same for any other country... What if Japan employee refuse, but American want that anyway? What if China employee refuse, but Russia employee want that anyway?

The implication are still the same -- social, culture, jurisdiction, national interest, company interest don't share the same boundary and don't align on their priorities.

[tokioyoyo]

I don’t think they’re refusing all military involvement. Autonomous-decision making is the problematic part.

[nradov]

The US military has deployed fully autonomous weapons systems since 1979. If you're worried about that then you're a little late.

[wewtyflakes]

It seems weird to equivocate the capabilities of "ai" in 1979 to what we have now; clearly it is on a different level.

[nradov]

Really? Autonomous weapons systems hold a lot of potential but as of today they haven't been very useful in real operations.

[tokioyoyo]

Yes, but we both know this is not the same kind of “autonomous weapons”.

[nradov]

No, I don't know that at all. The differences so far are only incremental. There is the potential for another revolution in military affairs due to autonomous systems but so far it hasn't actually arrived.