Robot apocalypse is nearer than we imagine, according to Europol.
If we may adapt two old sayings: ‘just because the liberals are constantly crying wolf, it does not mean that the wolf will never come’.
Take, for example, the European obsession with constantly keeping the population in a panic with dystopian scenarios.
While we are constantly dodging these catastrophic hoaxes, it is also true that every now and then, one of these scenarios may strike differently.
A new report by the European Police (Europol) warns that, in a decade, ‘angry mobs of unemployed citizens will riot in the streets against the hordes of service robots that have stolen their jobs’.
Our new Innovation Lab report looks at the current use, threats and key trends shaping the future of robotics and unmanned systems.
From enhanced operational capabilities to urgent questions on safety, privacy and public trust.
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— Europol (@Europol) December 9, 2025
Swarms of enemy drones attacking electricity and water supplies, law enforcement combatting rogue robots… dystopian, but so close to out reality.
The Telegraph reported:
“The 48-page Europol document details how law enforcement will need to tackle robots and unmanned systems (drones, satellites and remote-controlled boats) in a dystopian vision of the future.”
NEW – Europol releases 48-page report detailing how AI and robots may brainwash humans, trigger a Human-Machine war around 2035, and lead to a human uprising with “populist calls to ‘put people first.'” pic.twitter.com/DYd1vk4XEl
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Many have dismissed these predictions as far-fetched as they can be.
“The Europol researchers describe a society where robots are a ‘fixture of daily life across Europe, gliding silently though shopping centers, delivering parcels to fifth-floor flats and cleaning public transport platforms by night’.
‘Displaced workers’ in deprived areas of cities then take to the streets in protest and vent their frustration by ‘bot bashing’.”
Robots will replace service jobs, humans will respond VIOLENTLY — Europol predicts
The report says service jobs such as delivery will be completely automated in the near future
Individuals who rely on these jobs will ‘likely form angry anti-robot mobs’ pic.twitter.com/XPFAM2dz82
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‘In this uneasy climate, even minor malfunctions, such as a hospital care robot administering the wrong medication, are magnified into national scandals, fueling populist calls to ‘put people first’,” the report reads.”
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