is it, though?

nevermind how terrifying it must be to find such things invading one's neighborhood, such tech seems to remove one of the few deterrents to entering wars, namely, the public pressure against loss of one's own invading soldiers. that, compounded with the fact that it turns wars into a purely economic matter, as such gizmos clash with each other, doesn't give me good vibes about the future.

it reminds me of a (Star Trek?) episode in which two civilizations at war evolved their conflict to skip the bombings and the destruction, and went to just picking their own inhabitants that would have been killed and having them line up for painless termination

on the upside, it's somewhat relieving that they don't seem to be using autonomous killing machines

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