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This does NOT bode well for the future of humanity. It seems that war is only war when people on your side are dying. Once everything is sufficiently automated it will be possible to wage war without risking any of your humans. I don't want to know where that leads

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> Once everything is sufficiently automated it will be possible to wage war without risking any of your humans.

i don't see how that could possibly work. just because people won't die directly from a weapon anymore doesn't mean they aren't negatively impacted in this hypothetical scenario. i'm thinking of attacks crippling key infrastructure which could lead to large scale supply shortages

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