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3. Boston Dynamics sees humor in those robots but to me, they're the stuff of nightmares because

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 10:41 AM

Jan 2023

I keep thinking about how they'd be used in warfare. After seeing Black Mirror's Metalhead episode I could never look at their 'dogs' the same way again. Sure there are plenty of benign or humane uses for robots but it's hard for me to see the good outweighing the bad.

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