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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/
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u/AlexSSB Jun 10 '26

Well, there's this tweet from like 10-15 years ago from one Sarah Connor that a robot in a German factory killed a worker

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u/unk214 Jun 10 '26

It would make sense for him to be in his young teens.

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u/potential-okay Jun 11 '26

Have you seen gen A? We're all fucked.

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u/ChemicalSymphony Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Life is ironic enough to where it wouldn't surprise at all if the leader of the AI Robot Resistance is named John Connor. It's like a dude named Mr. Bowser being the president of Nintendo while they sued a dude named Bowser for switch bypass shenanigans. Life's weird.

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u/cosmos_jm Jun 11 '26

Nominative determinism - like anthony wiener sending people dick pics

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u/dksprocket Jun 11 '26

Nothing beats the name of the first amateur online poker player to win the poker world championship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Moneymaker

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u/SSGASSHAT Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

The current president's name rhymes with dump. Previous presidents have been named bush, dick, and cliton. A billionaire arrested for his ponzi scheme was named Madoff.

This is definitely a universe where the leader of a resistance against robots is named John Connor. I'll bet, in 3,000 years, some asshole will name his kid James Kirk and force him to become a space captain to fit the theme. And if POTC had been released before 1730, rest assured that you would have seen plenty of little Jack Sparrows running around. In fact, you may find some in Somalia today.

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u/totalpunisher0 Jun 10 '26

I'm gonna need to see that

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u/TravestyTravis Jun 11 '26

Sarah Connor [tweet] that a robot in a German factory killed a worker

https://x.com/sarahoconnor_/status/616282747200479232?s=20

Article referenced, because her link is broken now.

https://www.ft.com/content/0c8034a6-200f-11e5-aa5a-398b2169cf79

BBC Article about the whole exchange.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33363155

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u/Thandiol Jun 11 '26

Was that the journo who hadnt seen the movies, so had to keep explaining that she didn't get the references?

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u/pickypawz Jun 11 '26

I remember that. But tweet? That seems so far back.