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BreakThrough News on Oct 13, 2021
Autonomous killer robots are here.
The first ever use of a fully autonomous AI weapon in warfare took place in Libya and it has huge implications on the future of warfare.
BT’s Kei Pritsker explains how this technology works and the ethical questions it poses.
See also:
AI drone may have ‘hunted down’ and killed soldiers in Libya, UN experts say
From the archives:
Sorry Cover-Up for US Mass Murder, by Finian Cunningham
Chris Hedges and Jesselyn Radack: Whistleblower Daniel Hale
Chris Hedges: We Know the Truth about Drones Because of the Courage of Daniel Hale
Drone Murder Has Been Normalized, by David Swanson
The U.S. National Bird Is Now a Killer Drone by David Swanson
New Film Exposes Secret U.S. War + Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars
Crazy.
Yes.
Coming to a street near you;
Robo ‘dogs’ with guns:
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/10/12/oh-great-theyre-putting-guns-on-robodogs-now/
(Wonder if this one will get passed by the ‘censors’?).