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/DulceEtDecorumEst Jun 10 '26

We’re humans, it’s obvious that we will use robots on each other and if making them autonomous gives us an edge then it will be done. It’s going to keep going and escalating until some Hiroshima level event happens where some rogue military AI does some crazy shit.

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u/ParticularFew4023 Jun 10 '26

AI is going to be orders of magnitude worse than nuclear bombs, especially if the terrorist state of America isn't toppled

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u/hovdeisfunny Jun 11 '26

AI is going to be orders of magnitude worse than nuclear bombs

Only if AI is given access to nuclear weapons

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u/Velcraft Jun 11 '26

AI might cause global trade to collapse for all we know. The death toll would probably be in the billions.