You don’t need true AI to make this thing deadly or oppressive. You don’t need an AI that ponders the meaning of life for you. You just need a smart Decision

You don’t need true AI to make this thing deadly or oppressive. You don’t need an AI that ponders the meaning of life for you. You just need a smart Decision and Control System (DCS). Paired with additional technology for facial and gait recognition, obstacle avoidance, path planning, and you have all the hallmarks of a rudimentary hunter-killer bot. What Boston Dynamics cracked here, is the physical control mechanism to allow these robots to live in our world. Next, they need to build the brains, to allow this machine to move independently and autonomously.