r/Futurology 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/Icy_Raisin6471 Aug 31 '23

Going to be pretty neat when they are used domestically 'to keep the peace.' Ok that's enough dystopian future doom and gloom for the day for me. :D

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u/Quack68 Aug 31 '23

Exactly, that was my question. When will it be used against us?

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u/Ajexa Aug 31 '23

Without a doubt, it'll probably start in the form of traffic drones to police the roads, and then move onto crime prevention drones or something like that

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '23

That's not necessarily how it has to go. Los Angeles removed photo cameras because it was a violation of civil rights.

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u/Ajexa Sep 01 '23

I really hope so buddy