QtrendsAI resurrects the dead and autonomously kills in Ukraine war
Russian families are turning to AI tools to create digital avatars of loved ones killed in the war in Ukraine, sparking intense ethical debate. Meanwhile, Ukraine used fully autonomous drones — dubbed 'Terminator' drones — to kill Russian soldiers in 2024, marking the first known instance of AI making lethal decisions without human approval. These developments place AI at the center of two profoundly different yet deeply unsettling applications on the battlefield and beyond.
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