Ukraine's defense sector has revealed that autonomous lethal drones were tested approximately two years ago with tragic consequences. According to France 24, these fully autonomous systems were designed to destroy anything within a designated area, resulting in confirmed casualties. Mariarosaria Taddeo, a digital ethics professor at Oxford's Internet Institute, warns that such systems lack the ability to discriminate between combatants and civilians—potentially endangering children and elderly people indiscriminately. The revelation raises urgent questions about the ethical implications of autonomous weapons in modern warfare.

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