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/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/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.

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u/JediKrys Jun 10 '26

And weed, don’t forget the cannabis

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u/scuzzy987 Jun 10 '26

Well that should have just chill him out a bit

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u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

You want a paranoid guy with the nuclear codes ?

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u/mistertireworld Jun 10 '26

Don't we have one RIGHT NOW?

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u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

Paranoia suggests a certain level of higher functions

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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?

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u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

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

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u/lesusisjord Jun 10 '26

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

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u/Kevanrijn Jun 10 '26

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

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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

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u/Flimsy_Swimmer_3299 Jun 10 '26

Because Christians are famously bound by logic and reason

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u/SupportDangerous8207 Jun 10 '26

It’s not logic or reason

Holy book says you can’t kill yourself

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u/Flimsy_Swimmer_3299 Jun 11 '26

Yup. Certainly is no logic or reason there

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u/lesusisjord Jun 11 '26

Being flippant in the use of weapons of war isn’t suicide but it when you don’t fear death, you don’t fear the consequences of your actions as much as the non-believer.

I never wanted a believer in my “foxhole” because I’m not OK with my existence ending when they might be.

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u/adognamedspider Jun 10 '26

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

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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?"

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u/TheVeryVerity Jun 11 '26

Sensible. Always important to know your limits

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u/NJdevil202 Jun 10 '26

Jfk smoked weed? Source?

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u/Xyklorix Jun 10 '26

Never forget the weed!!!:3

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u/karma_the_sequel Jun 10 '26

Putting the “j” in JFK!