A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties
You give politicians way more credit than is due. And more malice, honestly. The ones I know like shiny things and a platform, and are comfortable with deceit, but are otherwise just people.
There are no great conspiracies, and nobody’s really predetermining anything. The potential and some of the infrastructure is there for a very abusable surveillance state, but as it is it’s seen limited government use, and illegal things are able to happen all the time. Meanwhile, civil rights concerns are heard in the halls of power, and sometimes make progress, like with GDPR.
You give politicians way more credit than is due. And more malice, honestly. The ones I know like shiny things and a platform, and are comfortable with deceit, but are otherwise just people.
There are no great conspiracies, and nobody’s really predetermining anything. The potential and some of the infrastructure is there for a very abusable surveillance state, but as it is it’s seen limited government use, and illegal things are able to happen all the time. Meanwhile, civil rights concerns are heard in the halls of power, and sometimes make progress, like with GDPR.