[lanewinfield]

Cost per kill ("CPK" in industry lingo) is a dark phrase that feels disturbingly within reach of some of these companies.

[like_any_other]

Already (kinda) in use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort

[qnleigh]

Yeah it's sort of alarming when you think about hooking up models to take action in the real world and telling them it's just a game. Several scifi stories have it as a plot twist that humans think they are playing a game but are killing actual people. I'm not sure if the same twist shows up for AIs but it seems like an increasingly real possibility.

[Recurecur]

You’re anthropomorphising.

Actual AI is like the Terminator. There’s no human feeling, it will do what it’s designed to do. No emotion, no remorse.

Cue the swarming drones… :/

[rolph]

the target just may be on the scale of kills per cost.