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It genuinely does suck and is *bad* that it feels like there’s almost nowhere to go for people who 1. Want to work on robotics (like drones) and 2. Don’t want to build weapons.

Drones and other robots do have a huge number of civilian and society-benefiting uses. We need ways for talented people to be able to work on those applications, without having to compromise their morals to build weapons for ICE (and similar malignant buyers).

robotics and autonomous systems aren’t bad in and of themselves, but as long as we exist in an authoritarian capitalist system where these things are used mainly to oppress and surveil the population, people will continue to throw rocks at drones and bully those delivery robots

Sure, and I don’t care if people are mean to the robots even if the robots are doing something socially productive (I know multiple people who’ve been shot at while legally flying drones for socially beneficial research and disaster work, so I mean, I also don’t think it’s ideal)