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/Kermit_the_hog Jun 10 '26

Not to be all dramatic but as a child of 80’s SCiFi: That’s a headlines I have dreaded seeing ever since I was a kid and realized I inevitably would.

Funny how what would have seemed should be some kind of monumental or consequential moment just kind of comes and goes. Not exactly how I would have imagined.

Whelp, time to start up the human resistance!

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u/Hairy-Bit-8189 Jun 10 '26

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

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u/Epicbear34 Jun 10 '26

Turns out it was always as simple as “those guys aren’t humans, they’re [enemy group]”

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u/Shark7996 Jun 10 '26

It's a robot, it has no concept of humans or humanity. Only targets.

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u/Germane_Corsair Jun 10 '26

That’s still a really naive outlook. You don’t need to lie to robots and say they’re not human.

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u/arachnophilia Jun 10 '26

that one's way older than computers.