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Friday, August 15, 2025

AI Tyranny: Almost Here

 From The Vigilant Fox:

At the Defeat the Mandates rally in Washington DC, RFK Jr. warned quite controversially:

“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did…the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us can hide.” AI could make permanent, precision tyranny a reality. There’s no more fleeing and no more hiding when AI is in charge.  One of the last checks on war is soldiers themselves—most people won’t kill other people without deep justification.

But drones and AI-powered robots are erasing that potential restraint. Wars can be fought without consent and without those pulling the trigger being anywhere near the battlefield. AI-powered war feels more like a video game than actual war—at least for those pulling the trigger. On the ground the consequences are more real than ever. And Ukraine may already be the proving ground for this new era. (Read more.)

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