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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.

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[–] baeb66@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago

Russian soldiers have been recorded surrendering to both aerial drones and ground robots in this war, including by writing messages of surrender that they presented to the operator via the onboard camera and surrendering after notes telling them to do so were dropped by drones.

Surrendering to a machine sounds humiliating but still a better option than going back to the Russian military.

[–] Alberat@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sudo make the Russians retreat

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Sudo delete the incident report

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Can't wait for one of them to be chasing me down for the crime of "thinking unfavorably about Peter Thiel"

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

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.

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

One small step for man, one giant warning siren for mankind.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yeah.. I really don't like the changes that the Russian Invasion of Ukraine are making to war.

Cheap Kamikaze drones, unmanned roving gun turrets, etc etc.. Removing men on the ground feels like its gonna make it easier to pursue and lust for wars as these technologies continue to advance further and remove the human components.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

What happens when it's an occupying force? i.e. mainly around civilians.

It's going to be a special kind of hell.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

well said. No boots on the ground doesn't seem to mean less wars, just more wars with less boots on ground.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yep.

it doesnt mean less wars.

It just means more innocent/civilian suffering.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

It's also a pretty big step for man.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Robots will fight each other over the burnt remnants of our homes.

[–] lemmock@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

...until one of the warring countries runs out of robots anyway. That's when the real fun starts!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

robots will fight each other, so no need for soldiers.

Ukrainian remote operators are killing Russian soldiers today.

In another few weeks, a Russian advance will take territory containing Ukrainian operators. At which point, well...

This can fill the void that Battlebots' cancellation left behind.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Robot Wars was a documentary

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 174 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Begun, the drone wars have

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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 111 points 2 days ago

Dad said "Mario Kart is a waste of time, son."

That's General son to you, Dad.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As always, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

things are going to get really weird

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 31 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Good intentions and human skulls.

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[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What an amazing entrée to untold horrors

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[–] Asmodeus77@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins…

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Wait, I'm on the side of the robots for this one?

[–] JoeBidet@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zeta_Reticuli@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Sarah Connorshenko!

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Or… send the robots to mars to fight…

Yeah, but the resources they want to fight over are on earth... for now. Humans will just have to keeping moving to stay out of the robots way.

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