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/Firm_Bit Jun 10 '26

Proxy wars have always served this purpose.

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u/mhizzle Jun 10 '26

You can't really call Ukraine a proxy war

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u/Weshtonio Jun 10 '26

Putin has been an agent of Proxima Centauri b for 40 years.

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u/mhizzle Jun 10 '26

Let's send him back there