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Slaughterbots

Stop Autonomous Weapons · other · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Slaughterbots is a fictional short film, backed by Stuart Russell, depicting swarms of cheap autonomous drones that use facial recognition to assassinate targets. It was made to argue for banning autonomous weapons.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN invokes it as the standard reference whenever drone swarms, autonomous weapons or military AI come up in the news.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “if not, you must see the slaughterbots video.”

    Fictional film on automated political violence by drones

    malloryerik, 2018-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Venezuela President Maduro 'survives drone attack'”

  2. “Slaughterbots [0] is a pretty good look at what can be achieved by refining and integrating technologies”

    Shows what refining existing drone technologies could achieve

    bicubic, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers”

  3. “see Stuart Russell's compelling short film”

    Short film on machines killing without attribution

    lwneal, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “How the U.S. military thinks about AI [audio]”

  4. “This brings to mind a great video which I've posted here a few times”

    What happens when anyone can build killer drone swarms

    jtsiskin, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “A swarm of drones flying through heavy forest–while staying in formation”

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Topics: killer robots, drone swarms, military ai, stuart russell, dystopian fiction

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