AI ethics have consequences - learning from the problem of autonomous weapons systems

First of all, I want to state for the record that I have never played a video game that involved violence or war. I think the last time I played a "video game" was Flight Simulator. As a result, I suspect some readers are much more familiar with intensive and fanciful warfare than I am. Still, recently, I've been part of discussions with the Department of Defense and organizations that advise, consult and criticize the DoD on the topic AI in warfare. It is a complicated issue to introduce AI ethics with the violence and killing of war.