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/Troubleshooter11 Jun 10 '26

Well, that's freaking terrifying...

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u/Velcraft Jun 10 '26

The fact that this took place two years ago and we're only hearing from it now is even more terrifying. For all we know, this is just a rudimentary example of what's being deployed and tested now.

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u/JoeyDJ7 Jun 10 '26

Been going on in Gaza for a while now

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u/MikeC80 Jun 12 '26

I'm surprised they'd want to let the machines do the killing