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FinancialTea4 t1_irnzc36 wrote

Reply to comment by ImJustHere4theMoons in Top robot companies pledge not to add weapons to their tech to avoid harm risk | Leading robotics firms promise not to add weapons to general use technology and said they would oppose others doing so by SetMau92

Yeah, Boston Dynamics was the first one I heard come out about this and they've been working with DARPA for years on stuff like Big Dog which I believe was fitted with turrets and whatnot years ago. I don't know how any of these companies could realistically prevent their tech from being weaponized anyway. This is technology that is unfortunately inevitable. If for no other reason than it's effective and everyone is looking for an edge over their enemies. If we pretend otherwise and plug our ears we're really only giving our enemies the opportunity to get ahead. I hope no one here mistakes this as approval of these things. I can no more approve of this than I could a hurricane. It's just the way things are. Someone is going to do it. There is no way around that.

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ImJustHere4theMoons t1_iro23v2 wrote

Exactly. When (not if) a company starts pulling in hundreds of millions manufacturing automated weaponry then the rest of the industry will follow their lead or get left behind and bought out by their successful competitors and absorbed into the war machine. There's no way around it. We're marching at a steady pace towards the dystopian future that we all thought was pure fiction. No exaggeration.

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FinancialTea4 t1_irok6im wrote

Well, it's not likely this will happen but it is possible that we could come together as a species to ensure that these technologies are managed responsibly and their development is harnessed for the good of humanity. It's definitely possible. But again, not likely. 😞

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