@VraserX: Former Ukrainian defence minister Fedorov has launched an Army of Robots initiative with ambitions for humanoids on the…
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Former Ukrainian defence minister Fedorov has launched an Army of Robots initiative aiming to deploy humanoids on the battlefield, with an AI-generated launch video. The initiative raises questions about the implications of autonomous machines in warfare.
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Former Ukrainian defence minister Fedorov has launched an Army of Robots initiative with ambitions for humanoids on the battlefield. The launch video is AI generated.
I want fewer humans being sent into trenches. I’m very much in favour of machines taking that risk.
But if governments could fight without sending their own citizens home in coffins, would voters become more willing to let them?
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