@Vladimir & all: the future of war? --- Unfortunately, economic factors help drive war, even encourage it -- as evidenced by the economic prosperity derived from WWII and the US willingness to enter the Vietnam War (not the only ones).

How far will we let our own interests drive us to questionable, possibly evil deeds?

How will this affect the development and use of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)?

If waging war becomes more efficient and less expensive, will the economic motive be removed? Will war then become less attractive as a way of settling disputes? Or will human life become even 'cheaper' as we disregard it as a cost of war?

We don't need to get into the deeper questions here, but we should keep in mind the consequences of distancing ourselves too far from the effects of AI and weapons to the point where the human rights/broadest issues of security/cybersecurity have nothing to do with humanity.

It's not science fiction any more.

Source author: Ginger (Virginia) Paque VirginiaP@diplomacy.edu