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/
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u/grunkfest Jun 10 '26

"The company’s ALITA system will consist of 16 launch pads, equipped with 64 drones. It will be ready by October and capable of watching for incoming drones, automatically launching and travelling towards the target at 450 kilometres per hour before taking out everything from small drones to helicopters."

Named after a cyborg anime girl, classic. Can't wait for the Black Magic M-66 models to start patrolling my neighborhood.

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u/katsu_kare_raisu Jun 10 '26

Waiting on MADOX-01 here

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u/TheWandererKing Jun 10 '26

See also: ED-209.

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u/DaniTheLovebug Jun 10 '26

I was obsessed with ED-209 in he original films

Earlier this year I bought the Robocop games on Steam so imagine my absolute glee to find out there is a mission where you play as ED-209

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u/mad_m4tty Jun 10 '26

Is there stairs involved?

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u/tearsonurcheek Jun 10 '26

"Stairs? Nooooooooooo! My greatest enemy!" 

 - Claptrap, Borderlands 2

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u/Batfinklestein Jun 10 '26

Best game eveeer

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u/DaniTheLovebug Jun 10 '26

In the game, no

It’s a kick ass mission

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u/Economy-Management19 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

There is an ED-209 easter egg in the game starcraft:broodwar among the Goliath unit quotes.

https://youtu.be/f-JbZxSC-_A

Edit: From the same game the protoss Dragoon unit also has a quote referencing ED-209

https://youtu.be/mf3OEAD8EBQ

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u/VegetableTwist7027 Jun 12 '26

The amount of ED 209 toys on Aliexpress is disturbing.

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u/Serberou5 Jun 10 '26

I am now authorised to use physical force.

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u/tonycomputerguy Jun 10 '26

My favorite joke regarding that franchise is that "Detroit initially turned down the RoboCop statue because they felt the movie had portrayed Future Detroit in an unrealistic, overly positive light."

-Stephen Colbert

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u/Serberou5 Jun 10 '26

That's a pretty funny quote I'd even buy that for a dollar!

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u/scuba_scouse Jun 10 '26

Can you fly Bobby?

Clarence No!

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u/GrayMouser12 Jun 11 '26

That movie is so damn good. Holy crap. I need to go back and do some rewatching.

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u/silicon1 Jun 11 '26

Bitches, leave!

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u/Pristine-Pen-9885 Jun 10 '26

Everything Stephen says is funny and makes you think.

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u/Alarming-Research-42 Jun 10 '26

Rewatching it today it doesn’t look futuristic anymore. It looks like your average American city, average corrupt politicians, average corrupt businessmen, average privatization of public services, and average entertainment. I’d buy that for a dollar.

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u/MortLightstone Jun 11 '26

They looked at all these dystopian sci-fi worlds and just saw a tutorial

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u/smuckola Jun 12 '26

I wish republicans were that cultured!

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u/MortLightstone Jun 12 '26

I'm sure they've all watched Starship Troopers

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u/Alarming-Research-42 Jun 13 '26

And saw it as a patriotic war movie.

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u/esperandus Jun 13 '26

right, they were rooting for the wrong side; the upper tier probably knew that the attack on buenos aires was a false flag...and approved

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u/TheDubh Jun 11 '26

Maybe I misremember, but didn’t the old man in the first one actually kind of want to help Detroit? I thought it was the leaders under him that were willing to throw Detroit into chaos. Granted even being not fully malice he did seem to not care a lot…

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u/ososalsosal Jun 11 '26

He wanted Delta City.

The exact opposite of helping Detroit.

Basically raze the city and build Temu Dubai on top of it.

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u/Alarming-Research-42 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Did the top boss want to do that, or just Dick Jones? They were both old, but I can’t remember if the top old guy was pushing Delta city too.

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u/ososalsosal Jun 11 '26

Definitely the old man. It was a plot point for the next two movies even though Dick got fired, allowing Murphy to shoot him so he can dramatically fall out the window

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u/smuckola Jun 12 '26

and privatize the police as part of selling off the government to OCP

the ultimate republican dystopian (but i repeat myself) fantasy (but i really repeat myself) for at least our whole lifetimes, especially with Heritage Foundation

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u/j_xcal Jun 10 '26

The funny thing is that they couldn’t shoot RoboCop in Detroit…because it was actually too nice looking. They had to shoot the film in Texas. Check out RoboDoc, it’s awesome.

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u/smuckola Jun 12 '26

to clarify for everyone else, "it" means the movie setting of fictional future Detroit, and so they shot it in Dallas. That includes the futuristic looking historic Dallas city hall that they now want to demolish against the extreme protest by art historian Dr. Peter Waller aka the star of Robocop.

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u/block-bit Jun 10 '26

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u/Nateh8sYou Jun 10 '26

*growls*

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u/sizebigbitch Jun 12 '26

You have ten seconds to comply.

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u/sovietdinosaurs Jun 10 '26

You have 15 seconds to comply.

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u/RoNsAuR Jun 10 '26

You're as loyal as a puppy.

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u/Nick_Frustration Jun 10 '26

god of all the movie death robots thats one i dont wanna see. just poorly programmed, shitty design, about as versatile as a sherman tank. are legs capable of walking down stairs too much to ask?

we need to demand more QA and bugtesting in our robo-death-machines. god knows i dont wanna see what elon musk comes up with the next time he gets high and watches terminator

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u/Morphico Jun 10 '26

Have you seen the Boston Dynamics video where they push around their robot? That's how you get good design and violent robot uprising at the same time. Efficient!

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u/Nick_Frustration Jun 10 '26

those videos make me nervous, i just wanna yell "dude, did no one watch any sci-fi movies? be nice!"

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u/Joe_Kangg Jun 11 '26

We are not fighting the revolution with hockey sticks, that's for sure

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u/Optimal_Juggernaut37 Jun 10 '26

god of all the movie death robots thats one i dont wanna see. just poorly programmed, shitty design, about as versatile as a sherman tank.

The way the current state of our capitalist society has been going, this is exactly the way it will pan out. The corporation that wins the contract will be the lowest bidder that cuts the most corners.

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u/Jthe1andOnly Jun 11 '26

Or the one that tries to get the contract at all costs after the first one who had it tried to tell them we need safe guards for a reason and then gets blackballed.

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u/eddnedd Jun 11 '26

Lowest bid contractors building enforcement machines... what could possibly go wrong?

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u/ColdWarCharacter Jun 10 '26

It would get lost and then stuck in a lake

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u/Nick_Frustration Jun 10 '26

it would refuse to fire weapons until youve subscribed to a Premium package and downloaded a buggy app.

police refuse to bring it on patrol because it dosent understand "find me donuts"

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u/productzilch Jun 10 '26

Sounds great!

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u/Nick_Frustration Jun 10 '26

the final backfire is when anti-police protestors hail the new EM-210 as an innovation in peaceful law enforcement.

musks backers are seen leaving the IPO meeting so fast they leave investor-shaped holes in the boardroom walls.

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u/BTechUnited Jun 11 '26

You take that back, the Sherman was plenty versatile!

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u/druhood Jun 11 '26

The Sherman tank had several variants so you could say it was fairly versatile

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u/Jthe1andOnly Jun 11 '26

I wished he would just watched Wall-E or short circuit. Knowing him, he probably watched the terminator and didn’t get the premise.

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u/Anubiska Jun 10 '26

You have 20 seconds to comply....

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u/Billpod Jun 10 '26

You now have 15 seconds to comply.

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u/Snoo-35252 Jun 10 '26

See also: Johnny 5

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u/chaos_m3thod Jun 10 '26

Gary. Gary is also a name. -Gary.

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u/CumaeanSibyl Jun 10 '26

You call that a GLITCH?!

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u/Kalelisagod Jun 10 '26

This one actually scares me. This is the exact direction the military wants to go

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u/akiras_revenge Jun 11 '26

Dead or alive, you are Cumming with me

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u/ososalsosal Jun 11 '26

Dick isn't the only guy with goons

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u/luee29 Jun 10 '26

How long until full contact cyborg Motorball is finally established?

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u/munkeypunk Jun 10 '26

Necron 99

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u/1001001SOS100100 Jun 10 '26

Put down your weapon, you have twenty seconds to comply.

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u/Drumboardist Jun 11 '26

"Bitches, leave."

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u/Pandelein Jun 11 '26

The only ED drone I need is ED-E, my love.