Pentashagon comments on Near-Term Risk: Killer Robots a Threat to Freedom and Democracy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pentashagon 14 June 2013 11:34:39PM 0 points [-]

Like this? Interestingly, it's alleged that the autonomous software may not have been the (direct) cause of the failure but that undetected mechanical failure led to the gun continuing to fire without active aiming.

Comment author: hylleddin 15 June 2013 12:00:26AM *  0 points [-]

Yes, but on a much larger scale.

Or possibly just a more dramatic scale. Three mile island had a significant effect on public opinion even without any obvious death toll.