[dkresge]

If only it was simple rage bait. As a member of this thing we call "civilization" I can't help but wonder how the hell we got to this point. #rhetorical

[projektfu]

Very few voices were complaining about flying killer robots in and around the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and more and more people seem comfortable with the status quo.

I guess things like fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles led the way. The future is Skynet.

[Narishma]

Like with many issues, people will only complain when it affects them directly. And by then it's usually too late to do anything about it.

[beardedwizard]

Why do talented engineers keep going to work for these companies and building it?

[tomaskafka]

Because otherwise the opponent absolutist regime would be the only one to wield the tech.

[xyzelement]

It's absolutely ridiculous that this needs to be stated.

[beardedwizard]

until you are on the wrong side of an absolutist regime I guess

[beachy]

In the example of Ukrainians, to protect their families and loved ones.

[spaqin]

Why do talented engineers keep going to work for FAANG?

[beardedwizard]

I dont know, I wish I did.

[YurgenJurgensen]

“Attack drones” have been around for basically as long as civilisation itself. It’s just a recent development that they’ve been made out of metal and not meat. So we never got to this point, we’ve been at this point the entire time.