Autonomous weapons are already in development and likely have been used on the battlefield already, and now there’s discussions to ban their use entirely so potentially we might be pretty dang close to that future already
We will get there for sure. At worst in ten, at best in thirty years. People will get used to neighbors and coworkers getting neutralized fast. Humans have always been good at adapting.
We are however at the stage where law enforcement has used a remotely controlled robot to kill people though. Almost a decade ago even!
Autonomous weapons are already in development and likely have been used on the battlefield already, and now there’s discussions to ban their use entirely so potentially we might be pretty dang close to that future already
We will get there for sure. At worst in ten, at best in thirty years. People will get used to neighbors and coworkers getting neutralized fast. Humans have always been good at adapting.