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Can we please be honest with ourselves for a second and call out the ridiculousness of the "find a lost hiker" and "disaster relief" excuses used by kill-bot co

Can we please be honest with ourselves for a second and call out the ridiculousness of the "find a lost hiker" and "disaster relief" excuses used by kill-bot companies? Who is this robot going to save with glowing hot turbine engines on it's fore-arms. This is kill-bot tech put on the iCub to get articles in circulation.

1234letshaveatw 1y ago
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- MSFT_Edging 1y ago
  Ah the classic, "It was about state's rights" argument dressed up a bit. Similar to the original, let's ask "state's right to what?" What was manipulated or suppressed? Bleach is Medicine? The deep state swamp? "Debanking" crypto scammers?
  - 1234letshaveatw 1y ago
    I get it, it's only cool when the government is enabled to oppress things you don't like. You don't have to repeat it
busterarm 1y ago
If you truly wanted to do this, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has already proven that you can drop bombs via drones with pinpoint accuracy for dirt cheap. If somebody's going to work on something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness, maybe you can take them at face value that they're not building a murderbot (at least not by design).
- SketchySeaBeast 1y ago
  > at face value Freaky baby face value.
- MSFT_Edging 1y ago
  > something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness I assure you that drone warfare isnt cutting down on any r&d budget at the pentagon. the whole point is to spend that money.
  - busterarm 1y ago
    And the first line in the article here says that this is being developed by a university in Italy. "The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is primarily funded by the Italian State but also receives significant funding from European Union research programs, such as the European Research Council (ERC) and Horizon Europe". No pentagon money here.
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fragmede 1y ago
It's dual use technology. It can and will be used to find lost hikers, it's just that it can also be used for nefarious purposes.
- TheWookieDavid 1y ago
  Yeah, it could find lost hikers, while starting multiple forest fires just by flying low to the ground. Its hands are replaced by jets. This is not designed for rescue purposes nor would it be a good tool for rescue purposes.
  - fragmede 1y ago
    https://xkcd.com/2128/ https://xkcd.com/2128/ also applies

1234letshaveatw 1y ago

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MSFT_Edging 1y ago
Ah the classic, "It was about state's rights" argument dressed up a bit. Similar to the original, let's ask "state's right to what?" What was manipulated or suppressed? Bleach is Medicine? The deep state swamp? "Debanking" crypto scammers?
- 1234letshaveatw 1y ago
  I get it, it's only cool when the government is enabled to oppress things you don't like. You don't have to repeat it

busterarm 1y ago

If you truly wanted to do this, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has already proven that you can drop bombs via drones with pinpoint accuracy for dirt cheap. If somebody's going to work on something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness, maybe you can take them at face value that they're not building a murderbot (at least not by design).

SketchySeaBeast 1y ago
> at face value Freaky baby face value.
MSFT_Edging 1y ago
> something a million times more the cost and a similar fractional multiple of the effectiveness I assure you that drone warfare isnt cutting down on any r&d budget at the pentagon. the whole point is to spend that money.
- busterarm 1y ago
  And the first line in the article here says that this is being developed by a university in Italy. "The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is primarily funded by the Italian State but also receives significant funding from European Union research programs, such as the European Research Council (ERC) and Horizon Europe". No pentagon money here.

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fragmede 1y ago

It's dual use technology. It can and will be used to find lost hikers, it's just that it can also be used for nefarious purposes.

TheWookieDavid 1y ago
Yeah, it could find lost hikers, while starting multiple forest fires just by flying low to the ground. Its hands are replaced by jets. This is not designed for rescue purposes nor would it be a good tool for rescue purposes.
- fragmede 1y ago
  https://xkcd.com/2128/ https://xkcd.com/2128/ also applies