Boston Dynamics robots dance to 'Don't Stop Me Now' for 'America's Got Talent' audition (techcrunch.com)

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Their performance was impressive enough to earn four “yes” votes from the judges — but one of the five robots experienced some stage fright, perhaps, and shut down in the middle of the routine. But the show must go on, so nevertheless, the four other robots persisted.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

These feel-good dancing videos of Boston Dynamic robots are part of a campaign to shape people's feeling about what could easily be terrifying murder machines.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Fuck Boston Dymanics. Years ago, they said their robots would never be used for violence. They just sold some to the New York cops.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I'd like to see how those robots dance when they're in a landfill. Get rid of these war-crimes-in-waiting.

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It's all fun and games until they put turrets on them.

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This seems like something that was pre-programmed, in particular if they had five robots all doing a choreographed routine.

How is this AI related?

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Boston Dynamics promo video

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