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Hated in the Nation
Season 3 Episode 6
Overall Progress: 45%
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A detective investigates mysterious deaths linked to social media hate campaigns and autonomous drone insects.
Fictional Tech/Societal Changes
- 🤖❌Swarm robotics
- 📱❌Social media mob justice
- 🤖❌AI-driven surveillance
How Close Are We?
Swarm robotics is an active research field, with drone swarms used for light shows, search and rescue, and military applications. Social media hate campaigns and online harassment are widespread, sometimes leading to real-world harm. AI-driven surveillance is used by governments and companies for monitoring and crowd control. However, autonomous weaponized swarms targeting individuals based on social media sentiment remain fictional, though the underlying technologies are converging.