[krisoft]

Meh. If someone wants to "hunt" you with a robot they can already do so with a UAV (think MQ-1 Predator, not an off-the-shelf quadrocopter). It is an already existing true and tested technology. Large governments around the world already maintain literal armies to maintain them and efficiently employ them to kill people. The fact that that weapon is not aimed at you or me is merely a political decision. With legged robots a lot more development is needed before they can do the same. I guess what I want to say: These robots are not deadly yet. The kind of people who can turn them deadly can already kill you if they want. I don't see why you should worry marginally more.

[bengale]

If someone with the resources to hunt me with a robot wants me dead I’m sure they could also afford some terrifying merc to do it too.

[heavyset_go]

Bombs cause infinitely bigger international uproars for good reasons.

Robot assassins that cannot die change the calculus. Governments don't have to risk losing their human assets in order to take out a target. They can just send out a 4-legged drone to prick them with polonium and call it a day.

[chris_wot]

Which means that governments start making robots that can defend people.

[systemvoltage]

Or nuclear bomb, you know.

[briantakita]

Too messy. Bad press. State actors would also break some sort of treaty without plausible deniability.

[Shared404]

A robot like the one in the video seems like it could make a decent enforcer though.

It has the benefit of being in your face and we having been trained by movies and games that robots that look like that are enemies.