Russia's assault on Ukraine has turned Ukraine, with its unique ecosystem of technologists and engineers, into a world leader in the innovation of these UGVs. This is reducing the pressure on frontline troops and is allowing Ukraine to continue to pose problems for the Russian military.
The idea of robots killing humans is something out of a science-fiction novel and is completely dystopian. Society needs to examine if this is really the road we want to go down before the use of these technologies further proliferates.
There's a 50% chance there will be a bilateral ceasefire or peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by November 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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