unease as robot dog seen patrolling with nyc cops

[Demovictory9]

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[ret5hd]

1. Metalhead was prophecy.

[Bayard]

2. RoboDog or PatrolPooch?

Didn't MIT develop these?

[illegal smile]

3. Boston Dynamics

Do a YouTube "dancing robots" search and watch--it's insane. I only know b/c my son attends Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and an alum founded Boston Dynamics, he showed me the video.

Anderson Cooper did a recent 60 Minutes profile of the company, also worth a look.

[snort]

4. In certain cases, fuck our brave new world.

[XanaDUer2]

5. How is that better than a real dog? Nt

[SoonerPride]

6. It doesn't poop ?

I dunno

[USALiberal]

7. The real dog might get killed? Nt

[StarryNite]

8. That's my thought too.

I'd rather a robot get shot than a real dog.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Good point

I meant from a utilitarian way. Plus, it's creepy af

[Red Mountain]

9. Toys

for big bucks. I'm sure it's on loan or something just for publicity. To create envy in other police departments.

They've got all the armored vehicles, weapons, and gizmos money can buy. What's left but high-tech nonsense?

Got to spend that budget or next year it will be reduced.

[Treefrog]

10. I must have missed any unease. Just looked like people reacting like anyone would.

Like wtf? I’d love to see how a real dog would react to that robot. Probably the real dog would win in seconds.

[LAS14]

12. So what's its purpose? How well does it smell things? nt