in western populest democracies the sight of bodybags in a warehouse, or everysingle day the news carrying an internment, then yes it does matter.
Not really. If the population is afraid and they view the war as justified, they will support the war, regardless of how many people die on either side. yes it is easier to stop a war when real soldiers are involved than AI Units.
I don't really see that. For starters constructing and building an AI unit is likely to be several orders of magnitude more expensive than training a soldier (particularly so if they're poorly trained soldiers, like the Army reserves or National guard). That means that in order to "win" the war, the AI unit needs to be ten times better than the human soldier - which is so far into the future, that it's unlikely there will be any populist democracies left by then. I dont see how anyone can defend the use of such a robot,
What? That's easy. Gentlemen your country needs you to pick up a gun and be shipped off to a foreign land to die. Do you want to go, or should we send a robot in your place? How many people do you think are going to turn that offer down? 'it could be programmed to harm people for no good reason,
Because we all know that humans, would never harm other people for no good reason. Right? Particularly if they where in an unfamiliar environment, completely stressed out, and surrounded by people who want to kill them. Torture, genocide, murder and home invasion are all things made up by the media - nobody does those kinds of things in real life. like if Hitler had robots it wouldnt be a good idea
Why not? Hitler had the most advanced tanks (Tiger), the most advanced infantry weapons (Sturmgewehr 44) and the most highly trained soldiers, many of whom where Great War Veterans. He still lost to the sheer determination of the Red Army.