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by tgsovlerkhgsel 1811 days ago
The difference is that ICBMs, cruise missiles etc. are in the hands of major organized militaries. The article doesn't complain too much about organized militaries using drones.

In 10-20 years, "small killer robot swarm" will be achievable for a single individual. It won't be as terrible as a world war, but I'm not looking forward at extremists randomly blowing up people with lightly modified COTS drones.

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> In 10-20 years, "small killer robot swarm" will be achievable for a single individual.

There's a Black Mirror episode on this IIRC.

Killer bees are in S02E06 "Hated in the Nation", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hated_in_the_Nation

There is another one with killer dogs in an apocalyptic wasteland (in black and white), S04E05 "Metalhead".

The short film "Slaughterbots" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipTO_7mUOw) fits it even more precisely though, I'd say.