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

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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[johan]

So vice is just reuploading sensationalist crap from 8 years ago? Have they really run out of any new material?

[SuigetsuHozukiTV]

Imagine anything from embassies to power stations being patroled by drones

[coralcomet]

Guys we've gone through this already. It's Skynet 🤦

[pulithevar]

"Hey look, that must be Amazon with my package!"
"..."
"..."
"Wait a minute..."

[mattsmelley]

2016?😂 Imagine how things have changed in 8 years.

[tm-lnhj]

Omg. They finally put a date showing this is a old video. 👍🏿

[fedsmoker]

It’s so awesome watching old news stories

[Whitecat]

My name is John Connor, don't do this!!!

[anthonyze]

Little bit late. Drone warfare has been around for a while

[jamram]

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.

[Creative-oshx]

I noticed a lot of channels are reuploading stuff that's from the past but relevant now and a lot of these so-called news channels started about 10 to 13 years ago. They all seem to have started around the same time.

[hightech]

number 2 at defence referencing ironman is crazy

[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.

[ste]

If your drone swarm has been hacked, do you honestly believe the kill switch won't be compromised too?

[LuminaryCursorem]

The robot wars have finally came! We phase out death and risk of human life and fight with only robots. Along the way we make some of the most terrific robotic advancements.

[duckwithagun]

Instead of going to a minefield now the minefield come to you.

[MaddisonAndrew]

*Amazing video despite the economy disaster and political war in the country, investment remains best for earnings. Imagine you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires*

[FreeFallingAir]

The buzz and pitch of a FPV drones is nightmare fuel...terrifying really.

[LY]

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.

[spxram]

It his happening today in Ukraine. I foresaw this back in 1996, participating in digital imaging algorithms. I was scared back then and I am scared today - and I wish us, including Ukraine, all the best in this.