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    Sci-Fi Short Film “Slaughterbots” | DUST

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    5 HN recommenders · recommended in 16 months, 2021–2026

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    7:59 · 2.2M views · Oct 17, 2019

    Slaughterbots is a short sci-fi film in which swarms of cheap autonomous drones are programmed to kill targets by profile. It was made as arms-control advocacy against autonomous weapons.

    HN keeps citing it whenever drone swarms, autonomous weapons or AI warfare come up, as a believable depiction of where this leads.

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    20 comments from Hacker News

    1. @jackothyMar 2023· in “Ask HN: Science fiction movies that are appropriate for 12 year olds?”

      First some that I don't see mentioned here yet: Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Limitless (2011) Looper (2012) Upgrade (2018) Source Code (2011) District 9 (2009) Black Mirror S3E2: "Playtest", S4E1: "USS Callister" The 7 minute YouTube video "Slaughterbots"[1] The YouTube series The Backrooms [2] If you are worried about your son hearing swear words and seeing blood, and not just whether or not he will be able to understand/appreciate the movie, then you probably want to wait with a couple of those. And then I would also agree with those here that mention Inception , Interstellar , Back to the Future , The Martian , Men in Black , Minority Report , The Terminator , Terminator 2 , and The Expanse . I also don't think he should have much of a problem following along with The Matrix . [1]: this video [2]: [LINK]

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    2. @FrustratedMonkySep 2023· in “The thinking path”

      In reading lately have come across a lot of famous names that made 'walking' a big part of their learning. It is good way to let brain wonder and have subconscious solve problems. Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Aristotle, Thoreau Also. Buried in the page farther down. One of the more scary takes on how we could have 'Killer AI'. Everyone seems to argue 'Killer AI' is still far in the future, because they associate it with the Terminator Movies and current Robot Tech is lagging AI. So why worry, we can still un-plug them. This video is how it will actually happen. AI can be incorporated into a lot of weapons. From the linked site this video

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    3. @zellynJun 2025· in “Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first”

      Looks like most of the comments here are about the use as weapons and the possible dangers. I believe "Slaughterbots" is the canonical sci-fi video on the subject, and it appears to be aging pretty well. Unfortunately… this video

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    4. @nothrabannosirJun 2025· in “Autonomous drone defeats human champions in racing first”

      Obligatory link to the short film (future documentary) “Slaughterbots” (2017), which depicts exactly this in harrowing detail: this video

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    5. @InvertedRhodiumDec 2023· in “Hamas's Cheap, Makeshift Drones Are Outsmarting Israel's High-Tech Military”

      I really enjoy this video, which is set in a theoretical future where just what you describe eventuated: this video

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