https://xkcd.com/1968/ is #TheLastDerail in a nutshell. I can try to imagine hypotheses, but I'm not sure why Randall Monroe thinks this a clever thing to say. If I wrote a fictional character saying this straight out, I'd be accused of writing a 2D straw character.
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Calling the impact of autonomous weapons "moderate" requires a hyperlocal -- some would call it parochial -- perspective.
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Someone who cannot realize that hundreds of thousands dying is a moderate problem when compared to everyone dying is lacking perspective, no?
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Also xkcd is humor not scholarly analysis: this would hardly be the first time that two unrelated things were conflated for the purpose of making a joke. :)
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xkcd is generally more interested in insight than in humor, which makes this cartoon so perplexing. And Randall Munroe is not exactly a normie whisperer trying to deliver the conclusion that is in highest demand.
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