Drones.

Drones first came to me as tools for photography.

One of my dreams was to capture wide-angle shots from high altitudes using a drone.

That's why I prefer window seats when traveling by airplane.
Although the window is small, it occasionally offers the unexpected opportunity to capture decent photos.
And one more that’s why the memory of riding a hot air balloon in Cappadocia, Turkey, soaring to an altitude of about 100 meters, and capturing the breathtaking scenery remains one of my greatest joys.

Wherever I go, I never miss the chance to climb the highest observation point in the area for that.

However, drones have quickly become significant and destructive tools of warfare.

Not only drones but also AI and robots powered by such technologies,
such inventions born from remarkable scientific advancements,
are so easily misused for personal profit.

Witnessing this reality,
I now view these astonishing new technologies and inventions
not with hope, but with a foreboding sense of humanity's demise.

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