Will Killer Robots & Drones Fight the Wars of the Future?

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Published 2024-07-27
The wars of the future might be fought with autonomous machines, drones and weapons that can act on their own. But is it ever OK to write code that can kill?

This episode of Cyberwar originally aired in 2016.

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All Comments (21)
  • @pulithevar8135
    "Hey look, that must be Amazon with my package!" "..." "..." "Wait a minute..."
  • @Whitecat76
    My name is John Connor, don't do this!!!
  • @jamram9924
    We’ve had drones for decades. Back in 1992, we used them in Desert Storm over Iraq. Today, they’re much more compact, cheaper and plentiful.
  • @ste76539
    If your drone swarm has been hacked, do you honestly believe the kill switch won't be compromised too?
  • @LY3355
    Simple answer is yes. I’ll add what was said in the early 1900s about the car replacing the horse: “You don’t have to fetch it, you don’t have to feed it” Remember this, mark my words.
  • @vivis-255
    TERMINATOR IS COMING ALIVE 🤦‍♀️🤷🤯
  • @global.mindset
    Telling people not to use technology is like telling the first man on Earth not to use fire.
  • @BrandanLee
    It's not the warrior, it's the logistics. The warrior might kill a few folks. The logistics kills millions.
  • @BladexEyes
    13:43 "look at 9/11" very poor choice of reference, self-flying plane can also be hijacked and systems can be hacked or manipulated to create the same act.
  • @firefurry2235
    dude we are literally in the Ace Combat universe now
  • @GnosisJapan
    "Do you think it's a possibility they'd be weaponized?" Bro, that's some deep and pro journalism right there.
  • @splooie02
    No military is going to want an ethical robot soldier.