And just what in the fuck did you think the autonomous robot dogs were going to be used for, exactly??
Boston Dynamics has been very upfront about the fact that they've been developing the robot dogs for "police and military" applications. This protest is performative; they've known exactly what they're doing for a very long time.
Sorry but what the fuck did they think they were making these stupid ass things for
Dr. Venture: Weapon? What are you talking about? Why the applications are limitless.
UN Science Director: Are you kidding me? You blew up a model city with it. What are we suppose to think? Look, it even melted all the little people and stuff. Awww.
Dr. Venture: Well, I suppose if it ever fell into the wrong hands it could be modified and used as a weapon after a fashion. But thats true of almost any technology.
Sometimes I worry that maybe the state doesn't have our best interests in mind 👉👈
Here at Torment Nexus we’re appalled that our company is going to sell the newest Torment Nexus to an organization that wants to use it to torment. We thought our management would act differently. After all, they’ve read “Don’t Build the Torment Nexus” just like we have and they know the risks of the Torment Nexus getting into the wrong hands.
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
Who did they think their market would be?
Of course it's ICE, and any other government agency with a budget to burn through.
They are really going to be used for one thing: walking flock surveillance. They are going to be deployed around neighborhoods to see who they can spot that's latino looking enough or who's simply on their suspect list. Wanna bet if they will get the local police departments to deploy them for ICE as well? They will spot suspects, build a profile, and when they have enough ICE moves in.
The company's ethical principles state "if our products are being used for harm, we will take appropriate measures to mitigate that misuse." However, it's unclear what those mitigation measures would be.
ICE's entire purpose is to cause harm, you stupid assholes!
Boston Dynamics was a much cooler company when they were known as Boston Acoustics, selling car audio gear.
ICE has lots of money it seems. Too bad the american people hardly have any.
WELL WHAT DID YOU THINK THE ROBOTS WERE FOR??
What I expected robots to be uses for when I was a kid:
What robots are actually going to be used for:
The most batshit insane thing about this whole ice and immigration nonsense is that about 99% of Americans do not want a Gestapo running the streets under the guise of getting rid of immigrants. I am so sick and tired of supposed politicians who are supposed to be representing the American people and the people's will, just doing whatever the fuck they want. Sure, a small minority of Americans really love the Gestapo aspect of torturing people who are undocumented (which by the way is a misdemeanor, it's paperwork for fucksake) it's really sad and pathetic that people support this.
I read the title multiple times and really thought they were trying to put spurs on robot dogs.
It's super funny that cops think they won't eventually be replaced by some version of this shit.
"Oh no, the all-purpose machine we made is being used for one of those purposes that was predicted by just about every scifi ever!"
They're just protesting to virtue signal.
I wonder what these people honestly thought the end result of building robots would be in the real world.
These sorts of use cases have always been the most likely end result.
Reminds me of the scientist that creates the torment machine then is shocked and appalled when it is used for awful things.
Some people are too idyllic for their own good.
Impressive how they look like this black mirror episode, 2017 but was a documentary of the future
We're in the evil timeline
Oh fuck you assholes, pretending to have a conscious now.
honestly, boston dynamics… did you never play deus ex? don’t tell me you didn’t see a walking robot, and didn’t know that private security forces and the secret police were going to strap guns on it to shoot the under class.
“the military were just commissioning them to carry supplies, or wounded soldiers!”
damn, i thought they were supposed to be smart.
I think robots should be destroyed every chance we get. What would philadelphia do? Ask yourself that. (hitchhiking robot went like all over the world, then pissed someone(s) off in philly and they junked her.)
But but.. we never thought the robot dogs would eat our face!
Good on them! Perhaps one day, like their robot dogs, they might even reach some level of self-awareness!
I drive past this every day and it has been going for a while. They’re sticking to it pretty well
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