Fedorov Urges Ukraine to Deploy AI Robots Against Russia in Next Phase of War
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Fedorov Urges Ukraine to Deploy AI Robots Against Russia in Next Phase of War
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Summary
Mykhailo Fedorov said AI-powered robots are likely to dominate the next stage of warfare and that Ukraine should move to field them on the battlefield.
Kyiv cannot afford prolonged debate over the societal risks of autonomous weapons, Fedorov argued, because the technology is needed to defend against Russia.
Fedorov, an architect of Ukraine’s drone program and the country’s former defense minister, framed AI robots as the next step in the war’s fast technological transformation.
The remarks underscore how Ukraine’s battlefield innovation drive is expanding from drones toward more autonomous systems as the war with Russia continues.