There are many reasons why this is a bad idea, starting with getting in the way of our military hackers or tipping Russia to a “new” vulnerability.
In Act of Hacktivism, Open Source Project Maintainer Uses Code to Wipe Russian and Belarusian Computers
Many criminal hacking gangs originate from Russia and nearby points in Eastern Europe, and their ransomware and malware is sometimes found with settings that automatically disable it if regional languages are set on the target computer. An open source project maintainer essentially did the opposite in protest of the war in Ukraine, targeting computers with an IP address in Russia or Belarus with an update. The act of attempted “hacktivism” was supposed to leave a “message of peace” on these computers, but instead started overwriting files with a heart symbol.
And there will be accidents, programmed or not.
https://thenextweb.com/news/how-to-investigate-when-a-robot-causes-an-accident
How to investigate when a robot causes an accident
Building 'ethical black boxes' into robots can help us investigate untoward incidents
… Robot accidents are becoming a concern for two reasons. First, the increase in the number of robots will naturally see a rise in the number of accidents they’re involved in. Second, we’re getting better at building more complex robots. When a robot is more complex, it’s more difficult to understand why something went wrong.
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