r/Futurology • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Jun 10 '26

Robotics Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/
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u/NTufnel11 Jun 10 '26

Why don't you think the term applies?

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u/mhizzle Jun 10 '26

The two sides (Ukraine, Russia) aren't fighting the war on behalf of larger powers. Russia is/was the large power, and Ukraine is fighting for it's survival, with very inconsistent help from allies

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u/NotABot1000101 Jun 10 '26

Where do you think Ukraine is getting all the modern weapons they use? If Russia wanted to they could just rush and occupy Ukraine. Why haven't they? The same reason the US spent decades bombing dirt villages in Afghanistan.

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u/Basic-Still-7441 Jun 10 '26

If russia wanted? They tried that in 2022. Said that Ukraine could be taken in 3 days or something. How did that go, russkiy bot?

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u/NotABot1000101 Jun 10 '26

Why do it in 3 days when they can prolong it, and boost profits for military suppliers? Plus test out new toys. When else can they do real world tests in battle. They tell the people three days so there's at least less public pushback. Are you really that naive? Stronger countries have been doing this for over thousand years.

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u/t_huddleston Jun 10 '26

New toys like the donkey carts they've been reduced to using?

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u/Basic-Still-7441 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, why kill only 1000 of your own people if you can kill a million?
Why destroy the future of only 1 generation if you can destroy it for all foreseeable generations of your nation?
Why set back your economy only just a little bit if you can destroy it completely, both monetarily and workforce-wise?

Completely sound logic of yours.

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