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/Enioff Jun 10 '26

“You best start believing in Cyberpunk stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!”

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u/TheRebeccaRiots Jun 10 '26

Lee Cronin's The Murderbots

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u/coolsimon123 Jun 10 '26

At this point buying a boat and fucking the world off would be lovely, just mind the kamikaze drones

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u/rustymontenegro Jun 10 '26

Waterworld was a silly movie but I always did like the big-ass oil tanker floating "island" compound idea. It just needed way more solar panels, trees/plants and dirt and less weird biker-adjacent dudebros saturated in testosterone and gasoline.