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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Jul. 27 - Aug 02, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 July 2015 05:19:30PM *  2 points [-]

A lot of contemporary weaponry is already fairly autonomous. For example, it would be trivial to program a modern anti-air missile system to shoot at all detected targets (matching specified criteria) without any human input whatsoever -- no AI needed. And, of course the difference between offensive fire and defensive fire isn't all that clear-cut. Is a counter-aritllery barrage offensive or defensive? What about area-denial weapons?

I have a feeling it's a typical feel-good petition ("I Did My Part To Stop Killer Robots -- What About You?") with little relevance to military-political realities.