Re: Unsurprising....
I recently saw a documentary (I think it was on Netflix) about killer robots. The US military is the most well-funded in the entire world. And they are all-in for expensive AI killing machines.
Peace is not profitable. Therefore, politicians love war because you better believe they get their slice of the pie. It does not matter which political party, they all profit off war. In my lifetime, Joe Biden became involved in war, Barack Obama did too, and so did Bush Jr (remember Dick Cheney and Halliburton), and Bill Clinton, and Bush Sr, and Reagan, and ... do you see a pattern here? Peace is not profitable. So the politicians will go on TV and cry Ukraine needs more money and how evil Russia is just to keep that war going. While it is a fact that Putin is an evil person, I am sure there was some way to prevent that war from happening. Billions for war, exactly $0.00 for peace.
As I watched that documentary on killer robots, I couldn't help but wonder why no money was being spent to help poor and disadvantaged. People with mental health problems sleep on the street, but at least we have a robot that can kill on command. At least our senators got a little richer, though. People are dying from dangerous drugs, but we cannot afford to help them get clean because we are too busy building more tanks to replace the ones we gave away to Ukraine. At least our current and past presidents got a little richer, though.
People are suffering and dying in stupid wars; yet, the people who will never experience its horrors are getting richer because of war. AI war will just mean more innocent people suffering and more rich politicians.