First just want to flag that I don’t have extremely high confidence in the last section in general, it wasn’t nearly as researched as the rest.
I agree there are a number of disanalogies, most specifically that it does seem like biological weapons are straightforwardly less useful than lethal autonomous weapons. In this sense maybe LAWS are more like chemical weapons, which were at least claimed to be useful (though probably still not as useful), but were also eventually banned.
I’m not sure I agree about the creep factor. I think it’s possible to make LAWS “creepy;” at least, watching the Slaughterbots documentary felt creepy to me. I think it’s true they could be “cooler” though; I can’t imagine a biological weapon being cool.
I don’t believe you explicitly defined “CBW.”
Thanks, fixed. It stands for “chemical and biological weapons.”
First just want to flag that I don’t have extremely high confidence in the last section in general, it wasn’t nearly as researched as the rest.
I agree there are a number of disanalogies, most specifically that it does seem like biological weapons are straightforwardly less useful than lethal autonomous weapons. In this sense maybe LAWS are more like chemical weapons, which were at least claimed to be useful (though probably still not as useful), but were also eventually banned.
I’m not sure I agree about the creep factor. I think it’s possible to make LAWS “creepy;” at least, watching the Slaughterbots documentary felt creepy to me. I think it’s true they could be “cooler” though; I can’t imagine a biological weapon being cool.
Thanks, fixed. It stands for “chemical and biological weapons.”