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by mateus1 354 days ago
MIT spinoff Google-owned Boston Dynamics pledged not to militarize their robots. Which is very hard to believe given they're backed by DARPA, the DoD/Military investment arm.
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arcticfox 354 days ago
This pledge would last five seconds in an actual conflict, if it makes it even that far.
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jagger27 354 days ago
Militarize is just bad marketing. Call them cleaning machines and put them to work on dirty things.
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paxys 354 days ago
Was owned by Google. Then Softbank. Now Hyundai.
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