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Autonomous drone swarms are war's terrifying future
Because the best defense against an FPV-controlled drone is an AI-controlled drone, there is a huge incentive to build autonomous drone technology; once both sides deploy it, warfare becomes swarms of cheap autonomous drones that kill indiscriminately, posing severe civilian-death risks over the coming decades.
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Lex FridmanEvidence Quote
“there's a huge incentive to build that technology but then, of course, once both sides started using that technology, then there's swarms of autonomous drones who don't give a shit about humans, just killing everything in sight on both sides.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:37:37 AM
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