The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons "slaughterbots."

The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

  • infyrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    You know, I want this to happen. Because, I like to see stupid ideas blow up in the faces of the idiots who think things like these are what’s best for the world.

    And maybe I hope the originator meets their end when one of these decides to kill him.