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Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones (www.vox.com)
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[โ€“] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Cheap numerous drones are the future of warfare, apparently. I shudder to think what they could do against civilian targets.

[โ€“] DancingBear@midwest.social -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because someone at the pentagon read George Orwell and liked the idea.