Thinking of the complex systems terms of "coarse-graining" (moving up into higher level systems/astronomical/above scale) and "fine-graining" (moving down into human/biological/below levels).

Utility of anti-personnel mines is at system level of state war (no human-level participant meaningfully "wants" its effect on another human).

Utility of anti-personnel computing is the same -- compute resources used to benefit of system, but to detriment of human actor below.

The difference is we don't equally understand the battle damage we take to our minds the way we understand battle damage to our biology. This might change though

EDIT: but yes, there are some differences thru this lens that make the metaphor a bit strained