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The future is terrifying. How many years before ice has those things chasing people down in the streets?
ICE already has monsters chasing people down in the streets. Does it matter whether those monsters are carbon-based or silicon-based?
The carbon based ones feel pain
I refuse to belive that
Never. There's absolutely no need to use humanoid robots for that, other form factors would be much more efficient.
Efficient yes, but humanoid robots are much more likely to be accepted by the general public.
counterpoint:
If they're being used to "chase people down" I don't think acceptance by the general public is all that relevant.
I wanna say it was a dynamics robot that was awkwardly jogging because of an unbalanced load. Stopped. Got on all 4 and ran off WAY faster (50-60kph) up a rocky hill.they basically said going bipedal was really just to comfort the people around it.
Next step is centaurs, four legs AND hands free to choke people.
Why stop there? Let's give it some tentacles!
This is your fault, I plead insanity.
I take full responsibility 🤣
Cthurobo
The reality is bipeds are poor designs for robots, the better design would be something close to arachnids. But Boston dynamics know they need to sell robots to society, so it's cute dance videos and dog like robots while they figure out how to strangle you efficiently.
They're already using AI drones in Ukraine.
As in, Russia is using them against Ukrainians
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html
The Ukrainian army is using them as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html
Ah ok, if both sides are doing it then that makes it fair
I'd say it's an affront to humanity in both cases
Yeah, of course.
I don't do the /s thing because we ain't Reddit
Blade Runners.
I mean, bullets are quite quick aren't they?