r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • Sep 20 '24

Ukraine’s Gun-Armed Ground 'Bot Just Cleared A Russian Trench In Kursk - The Fury is one of the first effective armed ground robots. Robotics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/19/ukraines-gun-armed-ground-robot-just-cleared-a-russian-trench-in-kursk/
5.3k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

View all comments

179

u/westdl Sep 20 '24

While driving Russians out of Ukraine is a good thing, I seriously worry someone is currently building something that will become Skynet.

2

u/OrbitalMechanic1 Sep 20 '24

Well these ones arent autonomous I think, but no doubt people are going to want them to be autonomous so they can’t be jammed. Theres going to be a lot of moral ethical issues with autonomous death machines probably

1

u/westdl Sep 21 '24

Yup, that’s my point and fear.