8 minutes that'll ruin sleep forever: what if your assassin fit in a mailbox?
A UC Berkeley computer science professor helped to create a video that imagined a world where nuclear weapons were replaced by swarms of autonomous tiny drones that could kill half a city and are virtually unstoppable. Stuart Russell, the professor, said these drones are already a reality.
Direction
Fake-corporate aesthetic that feels terrifyingly official.
Practical Effects
CGI drones you swear you've seen on the news.
Director
Stewart Sugg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; credited with accelerating international autonomous weapons bans discussion.
Stuart Russell later advised the US National Security Commission on AI; the 'slaughterbots' scenario remains their classified wargaming standard.
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