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The implications of this line of R&D are horrific.
Removing the risk of say, US soldier casualties, combined with media control, and with "merely" the current level of inhumanity of political leadership, would be a very ugly mix indeed.
So yeah, its hard for me to get excited about the tech in this case.
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Indeed. Imagine an 8 foot tall version coming at you. Tanks of the future?
Immagine they are not controlled by humans. Even more scary.
Its been said before, but needs to be repeated every time: The implications of this line of R&D are horrific. Removing the risk of say, US soldier casualties, combined with media control, and with "merely" the current level of inhumanity of political leadership, would be a very ugly mix indeed. So yeah, its hard for me to get excited about the tech in this case.
Its been said before, but needs to be repeated every time: The implications of this line of R&D are horrific. Removing the risk of say, US soldier casualties, combined with media control, and with "merely" the current level of inhumanity of political leadership, would be a very ugly mix indeed. So yeah, its hard for me to get excited about the tech in this case.
I just found the big stair demo cheap. That "jumping" behavior looked hard-coded (and it was implied by the narrator) and seemed to possibly damage the robot. Still impressive, but a lot less so than the other demonstrations.
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Immagine they are not controlled by humans. Even more scary.
Imagine if they could efficiently vacuum your floor and mow your lawn. We're still a long way from robot world domination.
I like how they end the video with the perspective of what it will look like when you're being chased by one of these guys.
Indeed. Imagine an 8 foot tall version coming at you. Tanks of the future?
Its been said before, but needs to be repeated every time: The implications of this line of R&D are horrific. Removing the risk of say, US soldier casualties, combined with media control, and with "merely" the current level of inhumanity of political leadership, would be a very ugly mix indeed. So yeah, its hard for me to get excited about the tech in this case.
It should also be said that there is nothing inevitable about the close association between robotics and the military - it's just an artefact of American culture and the idiosyncratic way in which high tech research gets funded in America.
Why can't it move 10x or 100x faster? Is speed constrained by computation or something else?