A quote, "So loveable, it tugs at our heart strings." WHAT???

And before one of you uhh achksullys me, yes I know that is a paintball gun. Just broaden your imagination a bit more please and include the NYPD in this imagination.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1364769189874065413?s=20

I don't say this often cause it's kinda silly most of the time. But this really is manufactured consent for thinking we need robot dogs having guns. It escalated so fast from a bomb detector/natural disaster aid to a fucking walking turret. All under the guise that oh isn't technology so cute!!! uwu

      • MichoganGayFrog [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Caught the edit and yeah, that's what I was talking about. It's like the AT-ATs in Star Wars, legs are a huge vulnerability with no advantage, it's not like these things can go off road.

          • MichoganGayFrog [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            They won't be autonomous and if deployed for crowd control there will be plenty of spotters on radio able to speak to the doggo operator instantly, if they have weapons of any sort they may just blind fire as long as it's confirmed it's facing towards protestors and not cops. People don't understand robots so there's plausible deniability there. However potholes and ditches are a way bigger issue or just inclines are way more of a threat to a robot with legs cause legs are just harder to do than make wheel spin.

              • MichoganGayFrog [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                Shooting a robot dog with a gun until it doesn't work isn't murder so that's cool. I'd have a harder time taking a shotgun to a cop if anything due to the consequences.