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Slaughterbots

Future of Life Institute · other · Watch on YouTube

AI safety, AGI & impactRoboticsMilitary history & warfare

What it is

An 8-minute fictional short film, made by campaigners for a ban on autonomous weapons, depicting swarms of cheap AI-guided micro-drones used to kill targeted people. It ends with a call to action against autonomous weapons.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it whenever drone swarms or autonomous weapons come up, as a dramatized warning that now feels increasingly plausible.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's very well done and has an HN vibe to it”

    Very well done short film with an HN vibe

    pierrec, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “The Era of the Drone Swarm Is Coming”

  2. “There is another slaughterbots video that's worth watching”

    Another Slaughterbots video worth watching on autonomous killer drones.

    amarcheschi, 2024-12 · Recommendation · in “Slaughterbots – if human: kill() [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: slaughterbots, killer drones, ai safety, drone swarms, short film

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