ICE could soon deploy Boston Dynamics' robot dogs, a move raising concerns among some activists about surveillance, control and potential misuse.
Reaction to ICE's planned purchase of Boston Dynamics robot dogs
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-dynamics-dog-ice-reaction/4016741/
61 Comments
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 69 pts · 3d
Who's surprised: you can't make machines this creepy and sell them to normal human beings with good intentions...
13igtyme@startrek.website · 40 pts · 3d
That's why they practiced kicking them and testing stability. They knew.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 3d
Localized EMP devices are illegal, and you should not research them soon
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 3d
My hotspot password is like your username. Didn’t want people to be able to know it just by seeing it.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2d
Dude, you need more character variance in your wifi password.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2d
I do. It’s something like
$t3II3R-IiI-IiIIyp4dSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3d
You don't need high tech, spray paint on the sensors will blind these. Shoot some rock salt into the cameras, hose them down with water.
sudo@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 3d
Spray paint suggests a certain proximity, but paint in water balloons opens up some options
SwifferWetjet@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 2d
3D printed 40mm launcher you say?
aSaabD00d@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1d
We have paintball guns, btw.
sudo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1d
I'm not sure holding a gun, paint or otherwise, in front of an autonomous killer Nazi robot dog is a great idea
aSaabD00d@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 11h
It'll work until they fit them with guns in the wild. I'm aware that someone has already done this but those aren't built at scale and haven't been sold to anyone yet. Afaia.
Malica@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 3d
I feel like they'll be easy to hack too.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d
Yes, do not research them and keep them far away from surveillance cameras.
Heliumfart@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1d
I thought you needed a massive energy burst for an emp. I guess I haven't actually researched it...
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 3d
I’ve watched Boston Dynamics with trepidation and awe for decades, I always knew this day would come
k_rol@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2d
I think we all knew, was kind of obvious unfortunately...
1984@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 2d
Of course. They make the robots all cute until it's time for actually using them against people.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 3d
stoly@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3d
LOL genuinely before entering comments I thought to myself that this is something that Elon Musk would think up.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2d
That was a artist's display at a gallery last year, they actually walked around. Elon Musk doesn't think up anything.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 3d
Time to start researching Bola launchers. Gonna Hoth those bastards.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 4 pts · 3d
And cast nets, I suppose. Hmm...
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
keep on keeping on!
yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 3d
This is how we end RAM crisis, these dogs are full of RAM!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3d
May have to get your soldering iron ready though. It's not going to be DIMMs.
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
Calling all your comrads, it's a Boston dog fall.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 3d
Nobody thought I was serious! Back in zzeddit I had stated again and again, you'll be running away from one of those things one day. It will have a turret on it shooting at you. But nah, oh look, isn't it a marvel? Now here are the consequences.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 3d
Heh I thought that was the obvious application too. What else would you use one for?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 14 pts · 3d
Honestly might be kind of cool, I bet they're expensive and easy to dismantle. There are already video clips online detailing the location of the battery compartment.
kibblebits@quokk.au · -13 pts · 3d
And then they are strapped with weapons, getting close to them will be impossible and all those annoying Americans get mowed down.
#overpopulation
FluorideMind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
The only part of me getting close to them is my black tip 5.56
kibblebits@quokk.au · 0 pts · 2d
Sadly, they have thermal vision and a processor far superior to your brain and it shot you through the wall and your little gun turned out to be useless.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
What kinda fuckass walls do you have that thermal vision can see through them?
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Wasn't the discussion about america?
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
Still
sportsjorts@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 3d
Just a fucking matter of time. Abolish ICE and start the ICE trials. It’s time to put these nazis back in the facist Neo confederate hole they oozed out off.
core@leminal.space · 12 pts · 2d
Flip them over and pull the battery
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
Make sure you don't have any electronics on you for tracking!
blackshirt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
How much RAM are in those?
northernlights@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 3d
I'm not for vandalizing, but this is so clearly dystopian and reminiscent of a precise Black Mirror episode I'd want to kick the shit out of them as soon as I saw them.
perpetualflight@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 2d
Benn Jordan did a video on potential robo dog security concerns in case anybody is interested
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d
Hey look, it's what happens when you give unqualified racist chodes unlimited funding.
LeepII@piefed.social · 10 pts · 2d
The war is coming folks.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1d
It's over. We lost.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1d
Speak for yourself, why do you think they need AI and robots and all the shit they do? They don't actually have that many goons and their tech is mostly grifts, we outnumber the state forces massively, we just have to fight back.
Ajdee6@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1d
We outnumber them, but none of us really get along. We arent together how we should be. They have divided us and can control us
0x0@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 1d
Nah
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1d
I don't know, I don't have that issue, there are many people of different types and groups I talk to and we all seem to agree that the nazis are bad. It's true people aren't exactly cohesive or acting in an organized manner against these forces yet, but the people power is there.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21h
Your fellow Americans will definitely turn on you. The 2nd amendment people will likely join the government's side if shit does go down. That means fighting the government, and the crazy militia people, and your loyalist neighbors, and possibly even friends, and family that turn on you.
I think you are the most accurate here even if the truth is unpopular.
Ajdee6@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19h
Even the people that wouldn't turn, or are on our side. We are too divided. Our groups are too small, we can make fun of proud boys, but wtf do we got that equals that? Most democrats i know that hate Trump are still racist too so I dont fully trust them.
If people want to admit it or not, the right is much much further ahead of us in this fight.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1d
I'm going to be getting a new bra for this. A trap for boobies is what I mean. It would be this long corridor entrance to my house with automatic doors on either end. If you are expected you open the door and come in. Otherwise if you're a robot, as soon as you enter, both doors close and there will be a laser grid traveling from side to side chopping everything into little cubes. Or a large flame. Or maybe pointy rods shoot from bottom, top and sides and then retract.
Or maybe I would just have a 2X4 on the ready. I'm pretty sure those things can be wacked with a 2X4 easily.
Whichever is cheaper.
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Don't James Bond what you can MacGuiver.
The Boston Dynamics dogs have a number of failsafe stop modes. One of which is loss of controller connection. Which can be made from some shit from the hardware store and a circuit board you can order online.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1d
I'll just accumulate a big pile of bent up paperclips and when the robot crosses my gate, I'll dump it all on it. Then as the robot waddles around, I'll use a big magnet to clam him down while I go looking for the shutoff switch.
tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
Will the robots comprise the most despicable, twisted, and unskilled units in robot society who can’t contribute anything worthwhile to the collective benefit of its peers? Will the robots be wearing masks?
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 3d
I heard a podcast where they were discussing the recent apocolyptic warnings about AI possibily ending humanity. The interviewer was asking how this was supposed to happen. Various ideas were bandied about, such as AI making a virus and the like.
But maybe it was just killer robot dogs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 3d
A computer program cannot "make" anything. AI will not clear your toilets.
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 3d
You can order custom DNA sequences from automated labs.
Search for "custom dna synthesis" and you'll find dozens of companies doing this. An AI could easily order a virus.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
Why bother? the dumbest people in the world are more than willing to hand it any resources it could want even if it means killing everyone else and eventually themselves.
DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1d
Going to replace the brown shirts with S.S robots.
myyass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23h
Okay, so I'll say this. The doggies with guns/etc have been extensively prototyped, you don't hear much about it because it happens in other countries. The only reason I know is because of friends that I've worked with. Boston Dynamics, as they said they will never put weapons on them, well that doesn't mean another company won't buy them and put them on. Get your green tips while you can.