The problem with robots... (Score: 1) by alioth@pipedot.org on 2014-05-19 13:04 (#1QN) The problem with things like drones and robots is they make war too easy to wage. When you don't have to worry about the political fallout of your young returning in body bags, it's much easier to start a war. This is already happening with the drone attacks. Re: The problem with robots... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-19 13:24 (#1QP) I agree. It depersonalizes the costs of waging war - makes it into a video game, and a damned expensive one, at that. There was a good article making the rounds at Reddit not long ago where they are trying to personalize it by making a huge picture visible to a drone 'pilot' of some kid who got killed by another drone - make the pilot really think about it.That said, since I've got kids, I'm glad the robots can go kill each other now. Leave my kids at home, thankyouverymuch.
Re: The problem with robots... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-19 13:24 (#1QP) I agree. It depersonalizes the costs of waging war - makes it into a video game, and a damned expensive one, at that. There was a good article making the rounds at Reddit not long ago where they are trying to personalize it by making a huge picture visible to a drone 'pilot' of some kid who got killed by another drone - make the pilot really think about it.That said, since I've got kids, I'm glad the robots can go kill each other now. Leave my kids at home, thankyouverymuch.