President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian position was taken for the first time without using any Ukrainian infantry, only uncrewed systems.

Ukraine said it took a Russian position using just drones and ground robots.

Zelenskyy said it was a wartime first, and no Ukrainian infantry was involved.

He said robots have done over 22,000 missions in three months, keeping many soldiers from harm.

  • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
    29·
    2 months ago

    Can’t wait for one of them to be chasing me down for the crime of “thinking unfavorably about Peter Thiel”

    • TerdFerguson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      BAHWEEP

      YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE ONLINE DISCOURSE FAIRNESS ACT OF 2026. LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND AND PREPARE TO BE DEPORTED.

      STOP RESISTING.

      DISSIDENT NEUTRALIZED.

      WEEP-WOOP

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      If it makes you feel any better, these are all being remote controlled.

      So while you’re off from your day job of piloting the robot that hunts down dissident Filipinos, some Filipino operator is driving the drone that bombs your car for its “Impeach President Newsom” bumper sticker.

      Something Something Just Like Communist China.

    • juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I really, honestly hope you are right. Sadly, I think you are wrong. I’ve recently been exposed to the concepts of “human safari” and “drone siege” and they aren’t pretty. “Drone on drone” might be just the preamble of these.

      • slaeg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        No preamble, unfortunately. The Russians are doing these “human safaris”, which are, of course, clear as day war crimes, to train their drone pilots.

        Also to terrorize and wear out the civilian population of course, which is the Russian way of war.

        AI drones are coming along, but these won’t only be used on other drones or robots, that much we can know already.

        • juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Indeed, I meant that in a hypothetical “drone vs drone” war, after the drones win the attacks on civilians and sieges will most likely come after.

      • minorkeys@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I do not mean it will be tolerable to be near. I mean citizens of nations who choose war will tolerate it more if their own soldiers are not dying in war. If war requires less people and more “stuff” to wage, citizens will feel less motivation to speak out against it. It will make waging war more of an option not less of one, if only equipment is being lost.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      How long until inter-country conflicts are settled by robot battles and we’re basically living the plot of Robo Jox?

      • minorkeys@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        As hard as that shit goes, we will probably never see an age of human piloted robots.

  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    2 months ago

    Well, the future looks bright enough. We may work to death in captailist states, but at least robots will fight each other, so no need for soldiers.

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    So… we got two ways to go. One the robot on robot wars end up wiping us all out by exhausting all or resources and of course killing civilians. Or we take to space and have the robot wars stay on earth. Mars at least I figure. For a few at least.