In an article for The Conversation, Senior Lecturer in the School of Global Affairs, Mark Lacy, dives into Zelensky's comments on the proliferation of drone technology combined with the rapid development of AI.

In a speech at the UN headquarters in New York, where world leaders are currently gathered for the organisation’s 80th anniversary, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned: “We are now living through the most destructive arms race in human history.”

AI could soon enable “swarms” of drones that operate autonomously together in a coordinated manner. So far this has only been seen in sci-fi movies but we are now starting to see the beginnings of this technology in real life, including from the Ukrainian military.

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