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Originally Posted by Bigtime
The removal of a person from killing is nothing new, what about all those RAF bomber crews in WWII that were firebombing German cities?
The military must love this kind of technology, as further removing the human from the killing must make it easier to train them to "push the button".
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I still don't know where I'm going with this, if anywhere, but those RAF bomber crews were still involved in 1st person killing in a couple of ways: They risked flying bombers over Germany, and they had an emotional/physical investment & perspective over what was to be gained and lost over carrying out their duties.
A machine has no such perspective.
Now, one could make the argument that we as humans first made killing another an easier and less intimate of a decision when we first invented the thrown rock, the spear or atlatl or, the bow and arrow. But I still propose that there is something to be said about human involvement in the decision making process of taking a life.
I'm drinking whiskey tonight, so this post is probably both over-thought and under-thought at the same time...and might not make any sense at all.