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OldBaldy1701E

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23. It always is

Wed Mar 3, 2021, 11:05 AM

Mar 2021

a 'gross exaggeration' until it isn't. I also wonder just how many horrifying things started with the words 'only' and/or 'just'. (Am I being paranoid? Sure, but that mindset did not just randomly pop into my head one day out of the blue... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States - WARNING-not family friendly!).

As to your question, I would say that if we spent more money and time on education and cultural options other than 'play the greed game or die', those officers would not have anywhere near as many 'dangerous situations' to be in. But until I see some serious advancement in A.I., I am not keen on this.

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Dystopian 'Digidog'- Robo-Dog Now Patrols New York City, The Last Thing We Need [View all] appalachiablue Mar 2021 OP

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