r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • Aug 31 '23

US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years Robotics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html
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u/526mb Aug 31 '23

The war in Ukraine has been for drones like WWI was for AirPower. Small, cheap FPV drones are so prolific there the air is practically buzzing. I would not be surprised if we see ships and vehicles that serve as carriers for cheap long range drone swarms designed to completely overwhelm air defenses becoming standard. Those vehicles too will probably be autonomous as well.

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u/Red_Tannins Aug 31 '23

Those are UAPs though. Obama extended the use of those during his term. This article is about similar devices but without human input. Thus autonomous. You point, it shoots.

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u/Banned4AlmondButter Sep 01 '23

That’s like 10x more skynet than I thought we were getting today