Palmer Luckey of Anduril is teaming with Ben Lamm of Colossal Biosciences to launch Warhound, a startup dedicated to genetically engineering and cloning dogs for service in war, police work and first responder work.

Speaking to Wired, Lamm explained that the project was twofold. One part of the project would oversee the genetic engineering and cloning of the ideal dogs for war, and the other would develop tech for them to use on battlefields.

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[–] 3 points 17 minutes ago

So much animal abuse

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  • [–] 9 points 2 hours ago

    Palmer Luckey woke up and said:

    That's it, I'm inventing bad dogs!

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  • [–] 11 points 2 hours ago

    Where the fuck did this guy come from

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago

    We already "genetically engineers war dogs". And police work. And individual self protection.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago

    GTA III called, they want their main protagonists shirt back.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    Gifting the military industrial complex is a bold move if nothing else i guess

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  • [–] 7 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

    Or like they could just design robot dogs.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Then they lose the dog hack. It's both a police officer and a genetically modified wolf. If the police officer is biting you, then you need to stop resisting. What kind of monster would hurt a dog just doing its job.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    This is the same Colossal Biosciences which has been outright lying about recreating extinct species to drum up cash from investors. And when you look at some of the stuff they're pretending to do for this goal, e.g. artificial eggshells for dodos, it is quite obvious they have ulterior intentions.

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    If you ever wonder how 200M could be raised for this, just think to yourself:

    • Step 1: Dogs
    • Step 2:
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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago

    Branding: Luckey Dogs

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    [–] 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

    The Romans did this already, it's called a "mastiff" and it has been used in war for many centuries

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becerrillo

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  • [–] 15 points 8 hours ago* (1 child)

    Guy looks like a total fucking tool bag. Looks like the kind of asshole that would come to a meeting in flip flops and pick his fucking toes the whole time. Also, I feel like I can smell his photo.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

    This is puzzling. Robot dogs have more potential, and German sheppards and Dobermans have good mix of agility speed and strength as it is. Would take about 10 years to get 5 generations of supremacy. An army takes an army of trainers.

    I get that the goal is genetic engineering rather than breeding. But getting dogs to make 8 babies per year is orders of magnitude cheaper than test tubes and incubators at volume.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    This is the founder of andruil. He has suggested roofying women with oxytocin to make them better wives. He is exactly the kind of person to believe that having war dogs are "cool" and "awesome!".

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago

    Which frankly speaking is baffling since even the fucking Romans considered their war dogs as something of a necessity and not as a prestige thing. Like they gave those hounds and their masters a tonne of respect which was often times worth more than gold in Roman society.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 hours ago

    Back in my day we genetically engineered dogs for war the old fashioned way.

    Massive inbreeding.

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