Distributed lethal systems fabricate irresponsibility by diluting causal attribution.

Evidence

Not only can there be no simple attribution of responsibility, but the description of that responsibility, diffracted amid this headless network of multiple agents, tends to become diluted. It changes from being intentional to being unintentional, from being a war crime to being a military-industrial accident. Rather, as in the case of the “junk bonds” skillfully elaborated by finance, it becomes very difficult to determine who is who or who has done what. This is a typical way of fabricating irresponsibility. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 665 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision.; Diffused agency in drone networks fabricates irresponsibility by diluting intentionality into accident — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 665; Cold War adversaries developed automated retaliation systems that removed humans from the kill decision — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 572 (+5 more)

Related

• Diffused agency in drone networks fabricates irresponsibility by diluting intentionality into accident (similarity 0.89)
• Automated targeting thresholds centralize atrocity into a single parameter-setting decision. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Diffused agency in drone networks fabricates irresponsibility by diluting intentionality into accident #corroborates (0.95) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 665