The war in Ukraine has seen a proliferation of aerial drones for both surveillance and combat.

The military advantages of these relatively cheap systems are obvious especially for a force taking on a more conventionally powerful foe and there is nothing so useful to a soldier as knowing what lies over a hill.

But does the increasing sophistication of the technology point to a future in which artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons also become commonplace? And if that happens  what ethical questions might it raise?

For People and Power, filmmakers William Davies and Rory Challands went to find out.

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