Tuesday 25 September, 2018

I helped gather supplies and equipment for a weapon vendor while playing today. He made an interesting observation when he said something like "these new weapons should help keep my friends alive. Or maybe they will kill them faster..." I thought there was a good point about war in this statement. The need to arm soldiers indicates the danger they are in. Well outfitted soldiers are the ones that will see action. I don't think that arming soldiers causes them to be in danger of being killed though. They are related, but one does not cause the other.

Good job Garrett! You bring up some interesting thoughts. At what point of intelligence should we think of machines as sentient? Should we treat sentient machines different than non-sentient machines (or even differently than normal people) if they’re on the opposing side of a conflict? Your point about arming soldiers is also interesting. Does equipping someone for danger make them more likely to seek it or just more likely to survive it?