Just wait until you see what's in their budget next year...

Just wait until you see what's in their budget next year...

This is going to create unsustainable costs in the long run. In the medium term it will hurt people indescriminately.
@Zerush @technocrit The Kata is a bit sloppy but considering its a robot doing it im damn impressed.
At least they don't like call centers
https://youtube.com/shorts/9F-1M65D26U
but there is also an 1,80m Police version which give me goosebumps
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.
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.
Hopefully if this happens someone will make a helpful infographic on how to disable them
It's almost like Congress shouldn't have given a bunch of low IQ fascists a blank fucking check.
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.
We need to normalize absolutely wrecking these robots in public.
I remember that Black Mirror episode.
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.
No one is going to tell everyone else which show and episode you guys are talking about?
It's called Metalhead, from Black Mirror
Thanks!
(you could have also just asked, instead of this comment, would have gladly said so)
(That was me asking in an indirect way. You also didn't have to put that sentence in parenthesis, I still would have read it!)
That's black mirror I believe, one of the earlier seasons. Don't recall the exact episode though!
If you think this is all for immigration enforcement, you haven't been paying attention.
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.
They're were always going to sell these things to the likes of the military and the police, it was unrealistic to expect them not to. So every time they came out and said they wouldn't do anything draconian like that I just rolled my eyes.
If anyone is surprised by this that's on them for being naive.
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
So, Black Mirror is literally just the real life “Don’t Invent The Torment Nexus” meme.
I thought these super creepy gun mount ready robots were built to help blind people or something? Who saw this sort of abuse coming??
Fahrenheit 451 entered the chat.
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?
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?
I wonder how long until someone hacks one and goes on a murder-robot rampage. . ?
Seriously, who the fuck posts paywalled shit anymore? Especially from places like 404 where neither u-block nor reader mode gets around it.
If you sign up they let you read it for free. But yes archive link is good to provide as most will not bother to sign up
Humanity sees evil and continues to do nothing about it. No wonder God stays in heaven. Devil has won.
With all these electronic gadgets they be deploying... wonder if they're shielded for EMP.
They’re definitely moving along on the horrifying abusive authoritarian dystopia plan
Hey, they’re gonna kill you all with robot dogs and take your house to rent it out.
I’m not making a joke.
No one could have ever seen thus coming the moment they saw these terrifying robodogs!
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