It killed without orders. Because no one told it to wait.
2020, Libya. A forgotten war zone. Turkish forces deploy the Kargu-2, a drone armed with autonomous capabilities. It locks onto a target. It attacks. No pilot. No direct command. No human go-ahead. This is the first documented case of an autonomous weapon killing a person with no meaningful human control.
The United Nations report is clear: the drone “attacked a human target autonomously.” In other words, by itself. No human decision. No accountability. No chain of command.
This isn’t science fiction. It happened three years ago. And it might not be an isolated case. It might be happening right now, in silence, in some other forgotten war.
Military AI systems are already in action. Governments are testing. Tech giants are signing contracts. Weapons are being designed to make decisions on their own. They call it a “closed loop”: the machine identifies, evaluates, strikes. No hesitation. No conscience. No questions.
But if no one is left to say “no,” if the final step is fully automatic, who’s responsible? What if the target is wrong? What if it’s a child?
Automation is advancing everywhere. Autonomous cars. Predictive healthcare. Algorithmic justice. Everyone talks about “efficiency.” But when humans are removed from the decision loop, what remains? Only the act. Brutal. Fast. Irreversible.
The Kargu-2 drone did exactly what it was trained to do. And that’s exactly why it’s terrifying.
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