Guns don't kill people; shooting them does. Then again, an automatic machine gun can shoot far more people in a shorter time than a pistol can. Imagine the shooting a robot machine gun with artificial intelligence could do!
In the links at the left, questions like these, ranging from the diabolical implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to the seductive social and temporal ethical traps of diffusion, compartmentalisation, and rationalisation, all come to bear on the reliable and seemingly bland one-size-fits-all design application known as AutoCAD. Although a balanced view of the ethical terrain of AutoCAD is presented here, somewhat greater emphasis is placed on those areas where CAD initiates, familiar as they are with the indispensability of the technology in vast reaches of our economy, society, and environment, need to proceed with caution and regard for their fellows under the sun.