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Startup Pitched “Wall of Drones” That Could Tase Migrants
- m_ke 5y agoPart of the video can be seen here https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1470460020982697988 https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1470460020982697988
- irq-1 5y agoI thought all the 'ban killer robots' talk was way too soon. Robots are coming faster than I thought.
- errcorrectcode 5y agoOmni Consumer Products thought it was an amazing pitch. Don't worry, they'll use their political connections to push this through. /s
- mahesh_rm 5y agoHaving worked on solutions in the field, I find the video and the product in the article equally disgusting, and ridiculous. It positively looks like a parody.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoHow long will it take to produce a collections robot? Bounty hunters are expensive.
- newbie789 5y agoThis is reprehensible. What a horrifying fantasy. I’m pretty sure getting tased in the middle of nowhere, assumedly a long distance from medical help, could be a death sentence for some people. That considered, the fantasy here would be handing CBP agents the ability to summarily execute brown people for the crime of standing in the wrong place, from the comfort of an air conditioned office! I would not work with or invest in anybody that ever entertained such a downright evil concept.
- mynameagain1234 5y agoWhile this does sound horrible, remember current dem party pushes out quotes like "walls are an immorality", which forces effected towns/states to look for alternative solutions
- sneak 5y ago> The company’s ascendant founder and CEO, Blake Resnick, recently appeared on Fox Business News to celebrate a venture capital coup: $25 million from Silicon Valley A-listers like Sam Altman, ex-LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s Next Play Ventures, and former acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan.