Black Mirror, here we come.
guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers
The country, ah yes the only place that exists on the internet, the almighty one powerful country to rule them all. THE. COUNTRY.
So a robot you can kick over is better than dogs with actual teeth? Its a good thing tech bros are dumb as fuck.
Well you can’t attach a machine gun to a dog with teeth. I mean you can, but it won’t hit anything.
I understand the sentiment, although annoyingly enough Boston Dynamics kicks their “dogs” pretty often, and they’re build to adjust their balance very quickly.
Isnt there a black mirror episode with these exact same robot dogs being used to attack people.
Honestly just knock them over with a broom or something.
Saw them when they were at beta. They can get up again, even if they end up lying on their backs. It’s pretty impressive. They can even jump further than a human.
Bolas are back in action
These and the robot dogs should replace rodeos.
Hog tie them ?
Dumbest people in charge. Actual dogs are way cheaper. And better at what they do.
But:
- That won’t get you millions increase in investor funding, which also lets you increase your pay-cheque
- You need to buy them from actual dog trainers, which are people and will eventually stop selling to you once you either become too evil for them or you murder them
- They are a supply chain risk as once you eventually piss off the dog trainer by 4x-ing his electricity bills and getting your AI to tell the govt. to shoot his family, he can then bypass the dogs using his smell, because they would be familiar with him.
Ha ha ha, good points.
the coolest thing about these dogs? you can break them with a directional wireless jamming device.
also known as a .308 Winchester.
Nothing says billionaires are geniuses like building a giant multi billion dollar data center that can easily be taken out with a big enough EMP, and then choose to guard it with $300k robots that also can be taken out with that same EMP.
These people should not be allowed around money. Next they’re gonna hire Superman to guard their Kryptonite factory.
So uhhh where are you getting all these EMPs from?
These armies are just open sesame to the right person. They don’t know how to conduct war in modern day only overpower with superior forces. Otherwise they wouldn’t be struggling so much.
Aren’t EMP’s hard to induce though? Like there is a big one in a nuclear explosion, but outside of that, how can you make one without megawatts of power connected to a vehicle sized device?
It’s not as hard as you’d think! 🙂 Mostly because of advances in HPM tech in the last couple years.
https://www.emsopedia.org/entries/high-power-microwave-hpm/
Even 9 years ago, you could build one from an old microwave, that could likely cause a lot of issues near a data center:
Small EMPs are relatively easy to generate and if memory serves there was at least one test in the 90s that was basically an EMP generator that could be shoved into a moving van suck off the grid and then go off. There has been relatively little open research on this subject for obvious reasons.
an EMP generator that could be shoved into a moving van
Oceans 11 bullshit.
Possibly but the 90s were peak BS R&D only really behind WW2 R&D, fucky caseless munitions, weird computer warfare experiments, early modern drones, Et cetera. Mind you the damned thing may have only worked once on a fluke but it’s well within believablity given everything else being fucked with at the time.
What is interesting, there was just an article, these scientists made this super magnet that was really small, like 1,000x stronger by size and using way less electricity to do t. I forget some rare earths it was made of. Just a week back maybe wish I read it closer. I wonder if that could make a bigger emp surge easier.
How is this cheaper than hiring a security guard for a couple years?
In a couple of years, the bubble may have already burst.
Also, the robot is not just an employee, it’s an asset that can be sold off to pay debts in the event of bankruptcy.
Coreweave’s cost of debt is 8%. with 10 years life and no maintenance/electricity cost, that is $54k/year (generously low cost). A security guard can have a gun/rape whistle that stops an intruder, whereas for the robot that would be a premium classified extra option.
A security guard that looks after real dogs. German Shepards and belgian whatchacall thems are better at this than some overhyped clanker dog.
So when one of these things eventually kill someone, who is held responsible?
How could that possibly happen in this case?
If you had read the article, or even just looked at the picture, you’d see that this is a security camera that walks.
Until they finally taste human flesh.
They are heavy and move quickly. All it takes is one shove or trip of an unsuspecting person that falls and cracks their head.
Industrial sites are dangerous and that’s why workers receive safety training and equipment.
These are not intended to interact with the public, they’re intended to replace manned security patrol routes. They’re protected from being a danger to the public by chain link fences and locked doors. The workers who operate them and work around them receive safety training.
In addition to the tens of thousands of dollars of proximity sensors, there’s also a giant red button on their back which shuts them down immediately:
Having robots lets the human workers not go into dangerous situations unnecessarily. Having to patrol inside of an area where halon fire suppression systems are used is inherently dangerous and is more of a common occurrence than having a random untrained and unescorted member of the public enter into a secure area and trip.
D you think they’ll stay that way?
I’m here to engage with reality, and not create science fiction scenarios to worry about.
So, no MG mount?
Surprisingly no, and they also don’t have mortars or death ray eyes.
But, you wouldn’t know that reading some of the comments here.
No sad puppy face, either?
KILL IT!
how fast can it go and how much does it weigh?
I think that you’ll find you don’t enjoy when 20 kg of steel comes barrelling at your knees
how fast can it go and how much does it weigh?
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Boston+Dynamics+Spot+Specifications
I think that you’ll find you don’t enjoy when 20 kg of steel comes barrelling at your knees
What are you, a doctor or something?
Just bring a portable power pack like it’s a steak and toss it to keep them occupied. They’re starving and will leave you alone. They only charge them up to 80% to keep them extra mean.
One step closer to a Horizon Zero Dawn future. Just let me live long enough to see the dinobots.
A few robot dogs can’t stop us all. Butlerian Jihad now!
People with good intentions should not hesitate to blast a robot. Just sayin’.
That’s neat. I wonder how cheap a drone could be made to destroy them?
Hey, I’ve seen this one!
