LAPD disarms sleeping man with its new $278,000 robot dog
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The robot’s cost is about 5 social workers salary, though I’m sure it’s got at least a handler who’s also well paid. Though maybe the new robot overlords will be less violent than human cops. Read...
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snigs: Though maybe the new robot overlords will be less violent than human cops. I’m pretty sure violent force takes less effort and resources than compassion… Read full topic
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bcsizemo: I’m pretty sure violent force takes less effort and resources than compassion… Yeah, whatever happened to leaders who decide not to do the easy things? … not because they are easy, but...
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snigs: The robot’s cost is about 5 social workers salary Yeah I would rather see that money spent there, but if this is what it takes to keep the cops from shooting a sleeping man with a BB gun, so be...
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The first thing I’m thinking about is the Hound in Fahrenheit 451. Read full topic
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So they went ahead with it. Boing Boing – 8 Mar 23 Los Angeles considers deploying a robotic police dog | Boing Boing The Los Angeles City Council is considering accepting a gift from Boston Dynamics...
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Quarter of a million dollars, and it doesn’t even have a stun ray?! Read full topic
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boingboing: The gun retrieved from the scene was a BB gun. I had to read all the way to the end to check whether the robot might have literally torn his arms off (nothing surprises me anymore). Read...
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I wonder if anyone has used a taser on one of these yet? Read full topic
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Amd if someone managed to break the robodog the police would be demanding overtime to attend its line-of-duty funeral Read full topic
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boingboing: faceless, headless … careful what you wish for Making Chat (ro)Bots Read full topic
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They might even be sincere. One Dr. Carpenter wrote an interesting thesis studying the interaction between EOD personnel and their robots; and they tended to be far from dispassionate about them,...
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Don’t anthropomorphise the robot. They don’t like that. Read full topic
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kiki: the Hound in Fahrenheit 451 See also the slamhound from Count Zero, or the Rat Things from Snow Crash… mmm, 700mph nuclear powered cyborg pitbull… Read full topic
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