killbot
Lethal robotic assassin
A killbot is a robot designed to kill—whether in science fiction, video games, or theoretical discussions of autonomous weapons.
The term usually appears in entertainment contexts, from shooter games to dystopian films featuring murderous machines: The killbot army advanced on the survivors.
In military ethics debates, killbot raises questions about autonomous lethal systems.
Total civilizational collapse
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
dehumanization · uprising · rebellion · resistance · machine uprising · extermination · overlord · enslavement
Machine resembling a person
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- droidRobot, in shorthand
- mechanoidMachine-bodied artificial entity
- automatonSelf-moving mechanical device
terminator · AI · machine · synthetic · bionic · circuitry · programming · processor
Murder of a prominent figure
- terminationAct of ending something
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- mercilessShowing no clemency
relentless · unstoppable · pursuit · target acquisition · execution · elimination · annihilation · rampage
Killer android series
- T-800Time-traveling android assassin
- MechagodzillaRobotic doppelganger of giant reptile
- battle droidMilitary combat automaton
- war machineArmed forces collectively
Dalek · Ultron · RoboCop · sci-fi · videogame · shooter · action movie · franchise
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
surveillance · dehumanization · uprising · rebellion · resistance · machine uprising · extermination · overlord · enslavement · genocide
android
Machine resembling a person
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- droidRobot, in shorthand
- mechanoidMachine-bodied artificial entity
automaton · terminator · AI · machine · synthetic · bionic · circuitry · programming · processor · servo
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- terminationAct of ending something
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
merciless · relentless · unstoppable · pursuit · target acquisition · execution · elimination · annihilation · rampage · slaughter
Terminator
Killer android series
- T-800Time-traveling android assassin
- MechagodzillaRobotic doppelganger of giant reptile
- battle droidMilitary combat automaton
Dalek · Ultron · RoboCop · war machine · sci-fi · videogame · shooter · action movie · franchise · replicant