The future is Chappie.
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What's the robot dog going to do? I don't think it's very strong and I'm reasonably confident that I can outwit it by going around the corner.
Even Boston dynamics really only advertises it for things like inspections of hazardous areas or remote locations. What's it going to do carry their lunch?
My esteem for Boston Dynamics just went into the toilet. They know exactly what ICE is. What a way to end 15 years of innovation and admiration.
If you think this is all for immigration enforcement, you haven't been paying attention.
Seriously, who the fuck posts paywalled shit anymore? Especially from places like 404 where neither u-block nor reader mode gets around it.
But Boston Dynamics has ethics and won't do business with ICE, right? Right??
In the past, they held out and said no. I hope they stand by it now.
Don't hold your breath
I just read that corporations are starting to cozy up to Democrats, in anticipation of the Democratic Bloodbath in the Midterms. Perhaps they'll see that supporting MAGA and ICE is a bad idea.
Depends on who owns them these days. Last I heard they had changed hands a couple times.
According to Wikipedia, it's Hyundai at the moment.
1 Mill? How many is that, 4 or 5? ICE personnel have never demonstrated themselves to be the sharpest knives in the drawer. Are they even going to be able make any use of them?
It's almost like Congress shouldn't have given a bunch of low IQ fascists a blank fucking check.
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”- Mark Twain
So, Black Mirror is literally just the real life “Don’t Invent The Torment Nexus” meme.
These are the robot dogs with the big red button on them you can press and they turn off.
Some moronic swat team used it recently and then lost it because the barricaded suspect kicked the button.
Its also really easy to yank the battery out if you need to. The battery also only lasts an hour and a half, tops, and depending what attachments are on it the weight and power draw will shorten that. They will only be useful in quick scenarios like breaching buildings in a raid. Range from the controller isnt very far either without wifi connection, you have to follow it around in unconnected locations.
People tend to imagine strapping a gun to it but really its a scouting tool. Open a door (awkwardly) walk in and look around. Then people follow in and do the work.
They also fall for the classic 'put a blanket and/or some leaves over a hole in the ground' pitfall trap.
They also trigger tripwires pretty regularly and don't have much, if any defense against snares. Dumb shit like oil\lube on the ground will work too
Hopefully if this happens someone will make a helpful infographic on how to disable them
I forgot how horrifying this episode was. Part of me wants to rewatch, part of me thinks it's too close to our current reality.
It's such a great episode. Because while the thing is terrifying, it's also vaguely dog-like and clumsy in some of its movements, so you can't help but anthropomorphise a bit.
But then something that looks kind of cute can still kill you dead.
Humanity sees evil and continues to do nothing about it. No wonder God stays in heaven. Devil has won.
We need to normalize absolutely wrecking these robots in public.
I was just wondering how hard it would be to rip a fucking leg off. I'm an industrial mechanic. Bolt cutters? Tin snips.
So these robots assist with breaking in to private homes in violation of the constitution? Because it doesn't count if a human doesn't break in first?
I recall that a common January 6 defense was "the window was already broken"
Schrödingers cop. Warrantless search? Not a cop, doesn’t count. Scratch its paint? Assaulting a police officer.
I wonder how long until someone hacks one and goes on a murder-robot rampage. . ?
I remember that Black Mirror episode.
A million dollars worth? So four?
Just curious, where is the battery located on these things? Perhaps a nice, spring loaded puncturing device could get through the chassis and puncture the battery
I thought these super creepy gun mount ready robots were built to help blind people or something? Who saw this sort of abuse coming??




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