[beloch]

Eventually, two forces with these military golems will turn them on each other, either in a bid for supremacy or simply to evaluate their effectiveness and inform the designers of the next generation of golems. What kind of collateral damage will result from these automated clashes? Will both sides agree to keep their golems confined to a predetermined and uninhabited area of conflict, or will golem battles spill over into populated areas? Will weapons currently considered off limits for use against humans (e.g. tactical nukes, cluster bombs, and landmines) become palatable for use against golems? Will invading golems use civilians and infrastructure as cover? How will defending golems respond to this, or even determine that it has happened?

If a computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila, why give a computer an automatic rifle and a rocket launcher?

[CapitalistCartr]

Sentient robots aren't necessary, nor the greatest danger. That is the danger that the US Congress can get into a war that doesn't cause body bags to come home to Dover, Delaware. The USA has a military comparable to the rest of the World combined. We have used that military, directly and indirectly, Worldwide to abuse our position. The only constraint for the past two decades has been said body bags. Given the use of drones and non-sentient robots, that one limit to US Federal power could evaporate soon, perhaps by 2020.