Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners

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8. "There is nothing inherently unethical about this specific technology"

No, but there's a way it inherently fits into the global political dynamic that's very negative: A long time ago, for a few elite people to kill a whole lot of other people, they had to get a whole lot of other people to do it. They had to stir people into a frenzy using propaganda and the rest. These armies they would raise acted as a force multiplier of for the elite's personal power. However, people in them would learn, would start to seek their own self interest and turn away from war. This diminished the power of the elites whenever they did.

Oh, if only these wealthy elites could use property as a force multiplier instead of people! All the property they owns never questions, unlike the people in those armies!

Enter automated killing machines, the property you can own that kills people autonomously. With it, a wealthy few have an advantage over 99.9% of the world, a percent that would lead any human army to rebel and the killing to stop.

So in terms of an empowered populous, down the road this technology could turn into very dangerous stuff.