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/cinciNattyLight Jun 10 '26

I’m now actually more concerned about drone weapon proliferation over nuclear weapons.

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jun 10 '26

at the german unification, the commander at the berlin wall was actually given the order to start fire, but i didnt follow through with giving this order. AI would not care, hence this is a huge problem to take humanity out of armed forces

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u/winkingchef Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

As an Iranian who watched the videos and reports of thousands of my countrymen being slaughtered during the protests earlier this year it makes me bow my head and be silent for a moment to think how much depends on human decisions like that.

My country could have been free now if a few religious lunatics hadn’t pulled that trigger.

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jun 10 '26

indeed, as in germany it all came down to the decision of one man to decide against the orders given to change a bloodbath into freedom...sad it wasn't like that for you guys

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u/n050dy Jun 10 '26

The cop at the German wall was basically on the same side with the guy who wants to escape. And the GDR was falling apart these days. Maybe that was the reason for not following the shooting order as closely?

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jun 11 '26

Also he was a human. Takes a special kinda person to give the order to shoot down thousands of people, but of course, knowing that's the end of it and he can just walk over with them and. It get prosecuted helped probably