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The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative(www.businessinsider.com)

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The US Air Force wants $5.8 billion to build 1,000 AI-driven unmanned combat aircraft, possibly more, as part of its next generation air dominance initiative::The unmanned aircraft are ideal for suicide missions, the Air Force says. Human rights advocates call the autonomous lethal weapons “slaughterbots.”

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hamid@lemmy.world
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Lol that’s is money that will be stolen by American oligarchs then they will get another few billion after this. The US is a terminally corrupt society

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Unfortunately its terminal for everyone else, not them

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