The list of people who should be trusted to develop killer robots is extremely short—likely, no one—and it certainly does not include Eric Trump, the President’s third-favorite son out of three. And yet, here we are. According to a new report from Wired, the Eric Trump-backed Foundation Future Industries (FFI) is in the process of developing a humanoid robot meant for the battlefield. Lord help us all. FFI has been working on getting robots onto the frontlines for a couple of years now. Notably, it has reportedly deployed some of its humanoid robots (which it calls Phantom MK-1) in Ukraine to participate in the conflict. The company claims the bots have been used for logistics, including doing potentially dangerous tasks like performing supply pickups in potentially dangerous areas, per CNBC. But FFI execs apparently have their eyes on putting weapons in those robotic hands. FFI’s CEO Sankaet Pathak told Wired they’re planning on unveiling something related to arming its bots with lethal force “in the next couple of months.” That comes after an interview with Euronews earlier this year in which Pathak said he expects to test out the weaponization of the bots in Ukraine as early as next year.
The Killer Robots Have an Eric Trump Problem
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