Formed from hyper- + war
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *wers- ‘to mix up, confuse’
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Medieval Latin werra
Old Northern French werre
Old English werre ‘armed conflict’
Middle English werre
English war
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Coined by Amir Husain and John R.
Today it means
noun A hypothetical form of warfare directed by artificial intelligence with little or no human supervision.
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