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Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns

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Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns

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Post by neon_electro »

myth_drannon wrote: post #28

Also Elbit System released a promotional video on Lanius drones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4McPHBQ9pNw I find it very intersting how AI can augment modern warfare. Drones + AI wins wars with minimal damage.

"minimal damage": https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/israels-non-lethal-spo...

Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns

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Post by woodruffw »

FormerBandmate wrote: post #22
bjourne wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"only" Israel has killed babies with tear gas and maimed children with sponge-tipped bullets before. This will continue as there wont be any consequences at all for the sadists operating these guns. Previously they could at least be caught on film and the outcry would force some kind of investigation. Now there is not even that and no one will be held responsible for maiming children. This is precisely why the Israel…

Tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets are used by police everywhere, including New Zealand of all places. Al Jazeera is literally Qatari government propaganda and there’s substantial evidence that DCI Palestine is tied to terrorist groups ( https://www.reuters.com/world/finnish-christian-charity-cuts... ). Don’t let propagandists blow tragic accidents out of proportion to scapegoat the Jews

What makes Israel somewhat unique is the readiness with which it deploys “less lethal” weapons. I don’t think New Zealand regularly tear gasses large areas under its control, or fires sponge-tipped bullets into crowds.

And, as a Jew: Israel is not “the Jews.” They’re a country, one that does not represent my interests, or the interests of millions of other Jews.

Re: Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic guns

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Post by yucky »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #5
tyingq wrote: post #3

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Fair enough that it's not robotic, but the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway. For whoever it's shooting at, it has the same psychological effect as a robot shooting.

> the idea of an unmanned sponge-bullet turret in my neighborhood that would fire without notice is pretty sensational anyway Isn’t it objectively better than lethally-armed soldiers?

No.

First, it dehumanizes the target. You're effectively playing a video game.

Second, it obfuscates the operator and makes culpability harder to assess.

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