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It's the Mechanical Hound from Ray Bradbury's sci-fi novel Mister Ed Mar 2021 #1
Amen; updated German Shepherd police dog, hounds. appalachiablue Mar 2021 #4
And it's the robot dog hunting humans in Black Mirror's episode called Metalhead: chia Mar 2021 #15
Yep that's the one soothsayer Mar 2021 #16
That was, without a doubt, the most frightening, disconcerting, and depressing episode of Aristus Mar 2021 #28
Same here. It's the one that's stuck with me all this time, for the sheer probability it foretells. chia Mar 2021 #33
exact thought here. movingviolation Mar 2021 #37
Can we base funding on quality of service multigraincracker Mar 2021 #2
That sounds good, smart appalachiablue Mar 2021 #5
Probably the most sensible idea I've heard yet... mezame Mar 2021 #7
R2D2 Would Be Even Better mezame Mar 2021 #8
Collie? OK. But never a Min-Pin. Min-Pins know no law. jaxexpat Mar 2021 #14
Remember when almost everyone here on DU was waxing ecstatic over those fucking dancing robots? GoneOffShore Mar 2021 #3
I'm grateful, somehow I missed that but EVs have appalachiablue Mar 2021 #6
I'm waxing ecstatic over this robot Loki Liesmith Mar 2021 #13
Cool! NurseJackie Mar 2021 #9
The ONLY positive I can see is if the ROBO DOG HAS to RECORD ALL ACTIONS.... TigressDem Mar 2021 #10
How long before they arm them eShirl Mar 2021 #11
They likely already have NEOBuckeye Mar 2021 #19
Lots of Luddism in this article Loki Liesmith Mar 2021 #12
For one it is a robot not a dog. Woodwizard Mar 2021 #17
Indeed! Duppers Mar 2021 #24
They NYPD had has "robot dogs" (i.e. robots) for DECADES, this is nothing new. Back in the 1970s.... George II Mar 2021 #18
So OldBaldy1701E Mar 2021 #20
The NYPD isn't sending robots "down the streets of neighborhoods" even today. They are NOT.... George II Mar 2021 #21
It always is OldBaldy1701E Mar 2021 #23
Not the same as the old bomb disposal robots. This new generation of robots has dog characteristics, chia Mar 2021 #22
This robot isn't "patrolling NYC" either. It has been used three times in the last six months, and.. George II Mar 2021 #25
Until they cut the budget for more real estate development tax credits, or a heliport, or whatever hatrack Mar 2021 #26
It's not a financial thing, it's a safety thing. George II Mar 2021 #27
For now . . .. hatrack Mar 2021 #29
So safety today be damned because something "may" happen 30 years from now? George II Mar 2021 #30
it's the future janterry Mar 2021 #31
I has been used safely, effectively, and fairly. The article misrepresents what it is.... George II Mar 2021 #32
Would you see things differently if a year, five years from now, the robot dogs are weaponized? chia Mar 2021 #34
I'll wait until that happens. But for now, contrary to the claims in the article..... George II Mar 2021 #36
This is one of those threads that sorta seems to function like a rorschach test. PETRUS Mar 2021 #35
We've just seen the future Lord Ludd Mar 2021 #38
RoboCop LessAspin Mar 2021 #39
Hackers here's your new White Fox Mar 2021 #40
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