killbots
Lethal automated soldiers
Killbots are robots designed or programmed to kill, appearing primarily in science fiction and video games.
The term evokes dystopian scenarios of autonomous weapons or rogue AI: The killbots swept through the city.
In gaming, killbots are often enemy units that attack on sight.
The word occasionally appears in debates about real-world autonomous weapons systems.
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- terminatorsThose that end something
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
- mechaPiloted giant robot fiction
drones · sentinels · nanobots · automatons · cybernetic · singularity · cyberspace · force-fields
Complete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- doomsdayProphesied world's end
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
decimation · collapse · devastation · obliteration · aftermath · survivalism · desolation · ruination
Able to cause expiration
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- murderousInclined to kill
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
predatory · bloodthirsty · targeting · elimination · execution · termination · eradication · slaughter
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- tacticalStrategically planned
battalion · artillery · reconnaissance · siege · ambush · deployment · mechanized · unmanned
Writing software instructions
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
sensors · actuators · mechanics · cybernetics · manufacturing · assembly · mechatronics · servos
androids
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- terminatorsThose that end something
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
mecha · drones · sentinels · nanobots · automatons · cybernetic · singularity · cyberspace · force-fields · interstellar
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- doomsdayProphesied world's end
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
wasteland · decimation · collapse · devastation · obliteration · aftermath · survivalism · desolation · ruination · end-times
deadly
Able to cause expiration
ruthless · predatory · bloodthirsty · targeting · elimination · execution · termination · eradication · slaughter · carnage
drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- armoredProtected by metal covering
tactical · battalion · artillery · reconnaissance · siege · ambush · deployment · mechanized · unmanned · battlefield
programming
Writing software instructions
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
autonomous · sensors · actuators · mechanics · cybernetics · manufacturing · assembly · mechatronics · servos · hydraulics