Whoever thinks autonomous killing machines are a good idea need to be exiled and banned from technology

Have none of these people watched, like, any sci-fi movie ever?

Like, technology is cool. Engineering is cool. Building better weapons to kill each other and strike enough fear to garner compliance has never solved the impetus for their creation: the fear that a human will kill you, so you attempt to kill them first.

It’d be tight if a “rising china” or “rising anyone” meant that we as a global society would benefit from new helpful tech that gave people more choice and autonomy to improve their lives and the ones around them.

Glob Thermonuclear War: “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.”

• Wargames

Demerzel? That you?

Where’s Robocop?