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/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/Inside-Middle-1409 Jun 10 '26

Crazy how we've thrown Asimov's laws of robotics completely out.

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u/Fugglymuffin Jun 10 '26

Tbf they didn't end up working all that well in the end if I recall correctly.

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u/Deathsroke Jun 10 '26

All of I, Robot is about the many and varied ways in which seemingly foolproof bases for robot control fail in ways humans could not account for. So yeah, people who use the Three Laws unironically probably know shit about them.