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In reply to the discussion: Dystopian 'Digidog'- Robo-Dog Now Patrols New York City, The Last Thing We Need [View all]Lord Ludd
(585 posts)38. We've just seen the future
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Dystopian 'Digidog'- Robo-Dog Now Patrols New York City, The Last Thing We Need [View all]
appalachiablue
Mar 2021
OP
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
Remember when almost everyone here on DU was waxing ecstatic over those fucking dancing robots?
GoneOffShore
Mar 2021
#3
The ONLY positive I can see is if the ROBO DOG HAS to RECORD ALL ACTIONS....
TigressDem
Mar 2021
#10
They NYPD had has "robot dogs" (i.e. robots) for DECADES, this is nothing new. Back in the 1970s....
George II
Mar 2021
#18
The NYPD isn't sending robots "down the streets of neighborhoods" even today. They are NOT....
George II
Mar 2021
#21
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
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