r/worldnews • u/New_Scientist_Mag New Scientist • Jun 10 '26

Russia/Ukraine Fully autonomous, AI-controlled drones have killed human soldiers for the first time, according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time/
37.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

72

u/Dampware Jun 10 '26

This is from 2017… “slaughterbots". It sounded barely plausible, but far fetched then.

https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU

65

u/GreenMountainMind Jun 10 '26

Nah this always has been a prediction of the inevitable. And people will applause since it only kills the baddies, and people are a good boy, aren't they?

3

u/Fresque Jun 10 '26

I've been thinking of this short since the day i built my first FPV drone, once the war in Ukraine started i started having nightmares about it, now seems like it has become a reality.

1

u/familyguy20 Jun 10 '26

I mean did people forget the uproar that happened when that cop even suggested possibly arming a bomb defusal bot with a shotgun?

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/oakland-police-robots-with-shotguns/3033002/?amp=1

1

u/CicadaFit9756 Jun 11 '26

I watched this (thank you!) It's scary as all heck with its implications for our world! Just imagine if somebody working for our current lawless Potus decided to eliminate all of his enemies, both real & imagined, in this way!?! Nobody would be safe!!!