Autonomous Death

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Hey everyone, I was reading a story that talked about an autonomous drone that attacked the wrong side in a conflict. These drones from my understanding automatically seek out and attack targets without a human operator. This entire idea is dangerous to our humanity because it allows a machine the ability to kill indiscriminately. No one has the right to choose who lives or dies especially a cold machine that lacks human emotion or conscience. Given that this drone attacked the wrong side it makes me concerned about their ability to resist hacking and what safeguards are in place in case of a malfunction. Furthermore, I am concerned about their ability to distinguish friend from foe and cilvillan from calvary. Finally, given these factors it appears that use of these could constitute a war crime and be in violation of the geneva conventions if they cannot identify civilians over combatants. Therefore I think we need to take a very close look at autonomous killing machines to ensure our humanity remains intact. Stay safe, stay sanitized and stay supportive, John Ames Birch @johneames2