It is not largely capable of "thinking"
We are proactively destroying human society. And many people are rallying behind it VCs investing in killing machines.
Citizen's largely don't care, they are largely passive.
It sort of reminds me of Richard Feynman who claimed he was extremely depressed. After the use of the atomic bomb.
It was something very stupid for a so called genius to say.
You work on a mass murder tool, then complain that a mass murder tool you worked on was used for mass murder.
The people doing the most to actually improve material conditions in the third world are constantly poo-pooed by people who profit off these places remaining impoverished.
I think the NRxers are right here you need to go in there and crack skulls. Few will invest in long term skills if they aren't valuable. The simple fact: In these next 10 years Haiti will see more growth than the last 40 years, thanks in large part to this partnership.
It's a much larger deterrent
There certainly weren’t a lot fewer wars back when people had to physically stab each other with swords. Quite the opposite?
wow, such an insight, how didn't they think about that before?
yeah, complaining about 1200 killings, without considering the rape/killings/displacement that would happen in their absence by Viv Ansamn
[0] https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/haiti
> Launched by Haitian law enforcement forces and private contractors working for Vectus Global between March 1, 2025, and Jan. 21, 2026, the strikes also injured at least 738 people, according to the organization’s report. At least 49 of the injured appeared to have no ties to gangs or other criminal groups.
The first paragraph made it sound like the majority were bystanders, while the second made it sound like it was 5%.
Maybe that is still unacceptable collateral damage, but it'd be nice if the article was more specific than "many" so we know what we are actually talking about here.
Mercenaries with drones, just great.
1 - Immediately share all information and intel with the public so as to spare any judicial accountability. 2 - Quit. 3 - Prepare to go to jail for the rest of your life. This is profoundly evil.
If you work for an AI firm or drone outfit even loosely related to a security defense firm, here are your three options:
1 - Quit, salvage what remains of your dignity. 2 - Share all information you can as a whistleblower to media, the world, etc. 3 - Prepare to go to jail. This is profoundly evil.
Period.
throwaway5752•1h ago
to clarify: Erik Prince founded Blackwater, of the Nisour Square Massacre infamy in the GW Bush administration. He is deeply tied to Republican politics, mercenary work, and particularly the Trump administration. He is IPOing an autonomous lethal drone company, Swarmer, and his other company, Vectrus, is behind the events of this article.
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mentalgear•49m ago
Always that Black prefix, like something out of a bad action movie.
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bawolff•21m ago
In the books its not just that sauron uses it for evil, he also can use it to turn anyone else that uses it evil.
TurdF3rguson•8m ago
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bawolff•24m ago
I dont know what blackrock did to be evil. Seems like a pretty generic company that sells basically every type of stock.
tekla•19m ago
All the worst companies seem to all be LOTR themed.
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jihadjihad•18m ago
And sadly the infamy continued into the prior Trump administration. In 2020 Trump pardoned all four employees who had been convicted in 2014.