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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
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
Did they think they were just for dancing?
DARPA is not ICE. They have different focuses geographically, politically, technically, and culturally.
One kills brown people abroad and the other one kills brown people internally
I'm not siding with them, just pointing out that their position isn't logically inconsistent.