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It's a 3500lb robot that can kill you. Boston Robotics is working on a smaller robot that can kill you. Anduril is working on even smaller robots that can kil
by themafia 9mo ago
It's a 3500lb robot that can kill you.
Boston Robotics is working on a smaller robot that can kill you.
Anduril is working on even smaller robots that can kill you.
The future sucks.
- zzzeek 9mo agoand they're all controlled by (poorly compensated) humans anyway [1] [2] [1] https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/i-tried-the-robot-thats-coming-to-live-with-you-its-still-part-human-68515d44 https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/i-tried-the-robot-tha... [2] https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymos-controlled-workers-philippines https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymos-controlled-wo...
- themafia 9mo agoThey couldn't even make burger flipping robots work and are paying fast food workers $20/hr in California. If that doesn't make it obvious what they can and cannot do then I can't respect the tranche of "hackers" who blindly cheer on this unchecked corporate dystopian nightmare.
- MisterMower 9mo agoThey can totally make it work, it’s just currently cheaper to have humans do it. Solving the technical challenges and using that solution profitably are two completely different things.