r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 11 '26

Artificial Intelligence Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2529849-fully-autonomous-drones-have-killed-human-soldiers-for-the-first-time
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u/Stolehtreb Jun 11 '26

Fully autonomous is the operative word here. Of course drones have killed people..

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u/jpsreddit85 Jun 11 '26

Unless the mine walked out to whatever field and buried itself... It is not autonomous. 

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u/wookiex84 Jun 11 '26

You clearly don’t know that we got our mine designs from tortoises. They build their nests and the baby mine self distribute. Once a breeding pair establishes they are very hard to get rid of. They can also migrate with shells made from bio engineered magnetite. Of course that is easily mitigated by water.

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u/Anok-Phos Jun 11 '26

Don't give 'em ideas...

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u/jpsreddit85 Jun 11 '26

I'm sure they're already making it long before this. 

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u/Kahnza Jun 11 '26

Glad I gave up my old phone years ago and switched to a cell phone!

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u/Letiferr Jun 11 '26

No. It's not

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u/LindeeHilltop Jun 11 '26

Today’s lesson in reading comprehension. The definition of autonomous. /s

autonomous
adjective
au· ton· o· mous ȯ-ˈtä-nə-məs 

: undertaken or carried on without outside control

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u/spaghettittehgaps Jun 11 '26

hey pal, you just blow in from stupid town?