I think one of the reasons we're not seeing a dramatic increase in weaponized drone application is that rival nations would be too tempted to hack them (or provide the tech to do so to whatever terrorist organisation they favoured at the time).
At some stage a state actor is going to send bot-backed troops somewhere they're not wanted, and whether its a ground based gun platform or a reaper drone, the bot is mysteriously going to frag the soldiers and then self destruct.
Humans may be semi-reliable meatsacks but once conditioned they're very hard to hack.
At some stage a state actor is going to send bot-backed troops somewhere they're not wanted, and whether its a ground based gun platform or a reaper drone, the bot is mysteriously going to frag the soldiers and then self destruct.
Humans may be semi-reliable meatsacks but once conditioned they're very hard to hack.
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.