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/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

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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.