From wikipedia: "An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. Its flight is either controlled autonomously by computers in the vehicle, or under the remote control of a navigator, or pilot (in military UAVs called a Combat Systems Officer on UCAVs) on the ground or in another vehicle."
They can be controlled by pilots remotely, but are also able to function on their own.
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> of the indiscriminate use of A.I.-based warfare
There is no A.I. based warfare - the drones are controlled by human pilots.
From wikipedia: "An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. Its flight is either controlled autonomously by computers in the vehicle, or under the remote control of a navigator, or pilot (in military UAVs called a Combat Systems Officer on UCAVs) on the ground or in another vehicle."
They can be controlled by pilots remotely, but are also able to function on their own.
they are able to function on their own about as much as an autopilot is able to function on its own