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‘Our Oppenheimer moment’ — In Ukraine, the robot wars have already begun (www.politico.eu)

submitted 4 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thing I like about drones: one less life on the line.

Thing I hate about drones: the life being spared will almost always be the one more privileged.

No improvement in weaponry is better than peace.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can 3D print them dirt cheap.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"No improvement" is the important part

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I was referring to the privileged life saved. They don't have to be too privileged.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, you can't.

They require circuit boards, and motors. You can 3D print the blades which is literally the cheapest part, and could be made more cheaply with injection molding.

Oh and the bomb. Can't 3d print that

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Weapons of Mass Destruction :
“If you end up with half a million drones in a shipping container able to go out and kill roughly half a million people — that’s a WMD,” (...)

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

"Begun, the drone wars have."