The war in Ukraine has become the largest testing ground for artificial intelligence-powered autonomous and uncrewed vehicles in history. While the use of military robots is nothing new — World War II saw the birth of remote-controlled war machines and the US has deployed fully-autonomous assault drones as recently as 2020 — what we’re seeing in Ukraine is the proliferation of a new class of combat vehicle. This article discusses the “killer robot” technology being used by both sides in the Russian war on Ukraine. Our main takeaway is that the “killer” part of “killer robots” doesn’t apply here. Read…
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