I can see it now: just get the enemy to breathe in a cloud of nanobots, or have the bots enter their body through an open cut that they make, and the enemy’s body is yours: no violence needed.

We live in a terrifying time because there’s just no way to dodge this sort of stuff unless you have the EMP tech, since a Hazmat suit is unsustainable to don long-term.

EDIT: No, I didn’t watch anything! I’ve been reading about how nanobots are currently being used in the medical field to clear plaque from arteries, so I have simply been chugging with that train of thought in a more nefarious direction…

  • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
    11·
    20 hours ago

    I mean biological warfare already exists so no need to go 21st century with it. I’d imagine that even if the tech existed, it just wouldn’t be cost effective.

    • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      We already had a sublime propaganda machine, yet here we are with AI anyway…

      And cost effective only matters if you actually want to solve problems for people, not if you want to make money by creating something nobody wants and have you and your friends in the military-industrial-political complex get astronomically rich together.