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My understanding was that pathogens are frowned upon because of their mutability. There is a high risk that you end up killing people you weren't targeting...namely your own citizens after your bioweapon mutates into something you don't possess a cure for.

This is not the same problem posed by AI sorting of imagery (Maven) or armed UAVs in general.

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It's a lower risk but it could still happen. There's been plenty of embarrassing occasions in the last few years where automation has failed to account for black people -- facial detection and automatic door openers are two off the top of my head

Also, with automated offense, a lot of people may die in short order if you encounter a systemic failure in your targeting + execution

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