LuigiMaoFrance comments on ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees

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[–] LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Are we supposed to believe those employees weren't aware of Boston Dynamics long history of being funded by DARPA with the explicit intent of employing their robots for state use?

https://www.darpa.mil/node/2035

https://www.darpa.mil/about/innovation-timeline/atlas-robot-debut

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

There are legit uses, such as bomb disposal and military scouting. At one point their ads focussed on carrying supplies

But this is not one of those

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