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Palmer Luckey raies $200,000,000 to genetically engineer dogs for war (dangerousminds.net)
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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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[–] 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

But we already have robodogs. Boston Dynamics has been soft-launching them for years, innoculating the masses into adoring them & accepting them before unveiling their full wrathful capabilities. Why breed & abuse living creatures when we already have terrifying robots to do bloodshed for us?

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    Boston Dynamics has been soft-launching them for years

    Boston Dynamics made a robodog that doesn't immediately trip over it's own feet on gravel and has a thirty minute active runtime before it needs a two hour recharge.

    Then they've dropped a fuckton on marketing and lobbying to keep the investment cash pouring in.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Then they’ve dropped a fuckton on marketing and lobbying to keep the investment cash pouring in.

    Dancing robots jumping around. Show me a robot placing something into a box after it fell to the ground. I'm sure with another 50 million one can hand you a screwdriver.

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