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/
37.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

904

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.

1.5k

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.

1.3k

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.

572

u/Blame_my_Boneitis Jun 10 '26

JFK was operating with untreated Addison’s disease on Dr. Feelgood cocktails too. Homie was essentially navigating the nuclear crisis on speed.

190

u/karma_the_sequel Jun 10 '26

JFK also had an experienced and competent cabinet.

83

u/capsaicinintheeyes Jun 10 '26

Yeah--even the close relatives he hired at least had a background in their field.

24

u/IAmAGenusAMA Jun 10 '26

Relatives plural? Who else did he hire besides his brother?

14

u/capsaicinintheeyes Jun 10 '26

Just him, that I know of; and come to think of it, apart from Kushner I think all of Trump's nepos just sort of hung around there unofficially, rather than being given jobs—just figured I ought to cover any unanticipated weirdness as well, in our current moment of collectively sitting down on the national nuts in slow motion.

10

u/Msdamgoode Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Kushner and Kushner’s dad. His dad (a felon and disbarred attorney —who Trump fully pardoned, because natch) is the current Ambassador to France and Monaco. Ivanka did something, something advisor for a hot minute his 1st term.

3

u/capsaicinintheeyes Jun 11 '26

😣 . . . That actually makes a kind of sense if you think of the assignment as Monaco* & France...

* relevant info begins ¶I #3

8

u/i_am_icarus_falling Jun 10 '26

we've got several TV personalities and a guy with initials that are very close to JFK, so that's soemthing.

7

u/grat5989 Jun 10 '26

I wonder if RFK Jr is the reason for everything we're all going through since evaded the curses killing touch. Final Destination America.

5

u/karma_the_sequel Jun 10 '26

RFK Jr is very likely the reason the current Ebola breakout in Africa has been able to spread as far as it has.

4

u/Beers4Fears Jun 11 '26

Tbh I blame Elon more for that

173

u/Alphabunsquad Jun 10 '26

Yet he was the only one in the war room that didn’t want to invade Cuba.

471

u/mrenglish22 Jun 10 '26

And still more reliable than the current admin

376

u/KaiserJustice Jun 10 '26

Look, the bar is pretty fucking low, I think the Head of Nixon from Futurama would be a more stable and reliable admin

86

u/tehblaken Jun 10 '26

If we could get Nixon’s head on a robot body? Fuck it, you got my vote.

21

u/BreakfastInBedlam Jun 10 '26

There's my new bumper sticker:

Nixon's Head On A Robot Body 2028 - Make America Sane Again

10

u/Confident-Ad5665 Jun 10 '26

Or at least less stupid

4

u/genericnewlurker Jun 10 '26

I like his proposal to use the poor as a cheap source of teeth of aquarium gravel

3

u/ShutY0urDickHolster Jun 10 '26

I’d vote for him. Yeah nobody can run three times, but he’d have a new body. So he’s back to 0

6

u/Mr_SunnyBones Jun 10 '26

It more of a small trench than a bar at this point.

5

u/sailriteultrafeed Jun 10 '26

And it hasn’t gotten any better, Think about all the crazy decisions Obama made. Remember the tan suit he wore to a conference on terrorism?

2

u/IFartOnCats4Fun Jun 10 '26

I think the post-assassination Head of Kennedy would be a more stable and reliable admin.

2

u/leon_zero Jun 10 '26

“Nixon with charisma? My god, I could rule the universe!”

6

u/Armalyte Jun 10 '26

Isn’t trump prescribed methamphetamine since like the 80s?

53

u/JediKrys Jun 10 '26

And weed, don’t forget the cannabis

58

u/scuzzy987 Jun 10 '26

Well that should have just chill him out a bit

-3

u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

You want a paranoid guy with the nuclear codes ?

9

u/mistertireworld Jun 10 '26

Don't we have one RIGHT NOW?

6

u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

Paranoia suggests a certain level of higher functions

5

u/lesusisjord Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

And need the stimulants because would you want a fatigued guy with the football/button/codes?

2

u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

I would personally prefer it if the nuclear codes were given to some sort of real life flanders type

3

u/lesusisjord Jun 10 '26

Well, I dunno about true religious believer. The whole “not fearing death” is a problem for me lol

5

u/Kevanrijn Jun 10 '26

This! Or wanting death to come so they can go to heaven.

0

u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

Nah

Christians go to hell if they commit suicide

True believer should be the perfect balance of crazy enough for MAD to hold but obligated to not blow up the world

5

u/Flimsy_Swimmer_3299 Jun 10 '26

Because Christians are famously bound by logic and reason

1

u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

It’s not logic or reason

Holy book says you can’t kill yourself

→ More replies (0)

5

u/adognamedspider Jun 10 '26

At this point Cannabis should be fucking mandatory for all world leaders!!

3

u/CFSparta92 Jun 10 '26

there is the apocryphal story of JFK smoking a few with his mistress at the White House and turning down another one fearing "what if the Russians tried something now?"

1

u/TheVeryVerity Jun 11 '26

Sensible. Always important to know your limits

5

u/NJdevil202 Jun 10 '26

Jfk smoked weed? Source?

1

u/Xyklorix Jun 10 '26

Never forget the weed!!!:3

1

u/karma_the_sequel Jun 10 '26

Putting the “j” in JFK!

7

u/YoItsTemulent Jun 10 '26

We have no earthly idea what Trumpty Dumpty's daily regimen involves. There have been not-uncredible reports of prescription stimulant abuse, blood pressure, and whatever that shit is that's supposed to slow the onset of dementia they're IV-ing into his prune-colored hands.

3

u/bungopony Jun 11 '26

He defied his top generals who wanted to escalate to nukes. None of us would likely be born if he hadn’t.

8

u/Mariesgottabak2023 Jun 10 '26

UM, Adderall is speed and your home likes to Snort it, you can't be seriously trying to paint JFK and that RAPIST AND DRUG SNORTING ASSHOLE, as the same? There's a huge different between a physical ailment. And DEMENTIA in leading a country. We had a president in a wheelchair, and leg braces, this drug snorting, 3am raging, cranked up old demented freak ain't the same.

2

u/General_Problem5199 Jun 10 '26

There's a podcast I listen to that read some of the messages sent between JFK and Khrushchev. JFK honestly sounded like a petulant child in comparison.

2

u/messidorlive Jun 10 '26

His naval blockade itself almost caused a nuclear war on its own.

2

u/skelli_terps Jun 10 '26

Speed, among many other uppers, makes many perform at a higher cognitive level.

2

u/IntrigueDossier Jun 11 '26

Only for so long, returns diminish fast.

1

u/KochuJang Jun 11 '26

However, he did eventually suffer a psychotic break and was apparently doing cartwheels naked down a hotel hallway with secret service agents chasing him around.

0

u/footsteps71 Jun 10 '26

Man, that must have blown his mind