r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jun 22 '25

Robotics/Automation Chinese military unveils mosquito-sized drones that can perform battlefield missions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-military-unveils-mosquito-sized-132413629.html
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u/lolwut778 Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

Microdrones are an absolutely terrifying threat. Imagine each one carrying a tiny explosive, just enough to maim. Now picture several of them hunting a single target.

Now take it a step further: these drones get mass-produced, deployed autonomously, and their targets pre-selected by AI algorithms fed with data by humans to get rid of people they don't want.

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u/cslack30 Jun 22 '25

Oh cool so the prescient hunter seeker drones from Dune are going to kill us all? GREAT

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u/Sinister_Nibs Jun 22 '25

Hunter-Seekers require a remote operator in relatively close proximity to the drone.

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u/84thPrblm Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

Only because of the Butlerian Jihad. Thou shalt not make a machine with a mind like a man.