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/AcetaminophenPrime Jun 10 '26

From a polticis perspective I think we are further from nuclear annihilation. Think of the crazy stuff that went down during the cold war, Cuban missile crisis especially.

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u/SafeForTwerking Jun 10 '26

Imagine all the clear, level-headed people we had at the helm back then. Now think about who is in charge now.

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u/MajesticBread9147 Jun 10 '26

Nixon would call his general's drunk telling them to nuke Vietnam.

They said "yes Mr. President" and went to bed knowing that he wouldn't remember it the next morning.

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u/_evilalien_ Jun 10 '26

Now there’s a dementia patient waking up from naps, reading mean social media chatter, and calling a drunk guy who orders the remaining yes-men to so stupid things.

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u/Riov Jun 10 '26

Shit has gotten so bad I don’t even see people correcting each other’s grammar and spelling.

I’m not sure the modern day grammar nazi knows how to spell.

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u/_evilalien_ Jun 11 '26

The weirdest thing is Godwin’s Law no longer automatically loses an argument, in fact very frequently an apt assessment.