[genericresponse]

I like how the article did its best to bury the lede that the crux of the discussion was how to better understand and manage these new technologies. To quote the panel prompt "[T]here are some real-world fears and ethical questions that need to be asked. Just because we can, should we?"

Isn't this exactly the type of discussion we want happening in a public forum?

[candiddevmike]

There's a perverse incentive here where the military industrial complex is constantly pursuing more profits/contracts. That almost always means inventing new, terrible weapons. So the ethics end up taking a back seat to corporate greed.

[theonlybutlet]

If the technology exists then someone will have it. If not you, then your adversaries. Rather it is in your hands.