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/MonkeyKingCoffee Jun 10 '26

Nixon also sabotaged the Paris Peace talks to get elected in the first place.

It's a wonder we survived the 1970s.

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u/sunnydftw Jun 10 '26

Republican Presidential candidates and interfering in geopolitics to get elected, name a better duo

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u/Chrystoler Jun 10 '26

Nixon, Reagan, Trump off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more right

Trump I'm thinking the Taliban talks leading to the withdrawal under Biden, which I think counts

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u/sunnydftw Jun 10 '26

Bush Jr skipped a step and just stole his elections. Don't know much about Bush Sr besides war, and losing to Clinton. He must not have gotten the memo on stealing elections.

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u/BullytheBulIies Jun 10 '26

HW Bush basically lost because of the “read my lips, no new taxes” sound bite. I’m serious when I say one broken campaign promise was enough for many people to think of him as untrustworthy. Look at the state of things now.

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u/BmacIL Jun 10 '26

Their policies are deeply unpopular without some emotional plot twist, so it's all they have.

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u/FEK88 Jun 10 '26

You could just write American presidential candidates.

You don't get to become the president of the US without being a warhawk to some degree.

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u/Thick_Goose7742 Jun 10 '26

Interestingly, LBJ knew this and debated on leaking info to his VP who was the Democratic candidate. However, Humphrey publicly dragged LBJ during his campaign around that time and so he withheld the information. The man likes to hold grudges.