Comment by xdennis
2 years ago
I don't know about kill lists, but AI weapons kinda make sense.
No weapons are nice, but if the good guys don't develop AI weapons, the bad guys will.
From what I gather, many US engineers are morally opposed to them. But if China develops them and gets into a war with the US, will Americans be happy to lose knowing that they have the moral high ground?
This assumes that AI based weaponry provides value. The case in point here is showing that the only value it provides is a flimsy justification for civilian casualties. We... Don't need more of that in the US, nor would it provide a "good guy" any legitimate value.
Right, just like if the good guys don't develop a novel coronavirus in a lab, the bad guys will and unleash it on the world!
Development of tools of death is not a good guy/bad guy thing. The "bad guys" think the "good guys" are bad.
I think "killing" is bad, no matter who develops the tools.
There are certainly times when killing is justified. Defeating the Axis in WW2 is a great example of this.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died in strategic bombing campaigns to achieve that outcome. Do the ends justify the means?
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"Good guys" and "bad guys". Where did you learn your ethics, the Cartoon Network?