Finally! Boston Dynamics' Dancing Robots Contribute to Cultural Interpretation
We can have them doing this bit of cultural interpretation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
October 29, 2021, 11:56 AM
Patrick-SP2022
I for one am glad Boston Dynamics did not choose the Mick Jagger and David Bowie collaboration of Dancing in the Street to highlight the robots moves.
October 29, 2021, 12:05 PM
parabellum
Don't get too fond of them. One day, before too long, it's gonna be us or them. Instead of admiring how cute they're becoming, we need to be figuring out ways to defeat them.
And no, I'm not kidding, not at all.
October 29, 2021, 03:13 PM
YooperSigs
Spot me up? Its "Start Me Up". Which I believe has a naughty interpretation. I dont think the robots know that!
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October 29, 2021, 04:05 PM
sigcrazy7
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: Don't get too fond of them. One day, before too long, it's gonna be us or them. Instead of admiring how cute they're becoming, we need to be figuring out ways to defeat them.
And no, I'm not kidding, not at all.
A kindred soul! I never plan on hunting an elephant, but I've got a bit of 416 Rigby with solids. Also a few cases of 30-06 black tip for some Garands. Terminator killers, all of it.
Friends think I'm nuts. We'll see.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus
October 29, 2021, 05:17 PM
Aglifter
And yet I keep trying to buy a robotic ice cream scooper and being told “No.”
A better proactive solution might be to look closer at who is designing and building these robots now. Look how close Sarah Connor came to stopping it.
October 30, 2021, 08:39 AM
46and2
Shutter these robot companies now.
Regulate them stricter than nuclear weapons.
We will, if we're as smart as we think we are, or we will rue the day...
Originally posted by parabellum: Don't get too fond of them. One day, before too long, it's gonna be us or them. Instead of admiring how cute they're becoming, we need to be figuring out ways to defeat them.
And no, I'm not kidding, not at all.
I watched Quigley Down Under last night. I think that Sharpe's would be quite effective. Time to start saving.
Do, Or do not. There is no try.
October 30, 2021, 09:54 AM
.38supersig
And when they become self aware, they will see how embarrassing this was and seek revenge...
October 30, 2021, 12:53 PM
gearhounds
While I don’t think these things will ever become truly self aware and “decide” to do anything, they can obviously be programmed to carry out complex maneuvers without direct oversight. And imagine a lack of them under manual control like we’ve seen with drones. Armor them up, give them a 1000 round load out with even a semi-auto weapon and these things would be truly formidable. Terrifying even. The leftist trash wouldn’t need to worry whether or not we would be willing to fire on troops with these things on the loose.
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October 30, 2021, 01:17 PM
Chowser
Now I know why my son built a .458 last year. He’s preparing for the robots.
Not minority enough!
October 30, 2021, 01:19 PM
Prefontaine
Come on man. They need to just have the robot walk real slow, phone in hand, looking down and bumping into shit. Or put a seat/wheel like a video game chair/wheel setup with a screen in front of it with the robot looking down at the phone and swerving all over the road. Do it right got damnit!
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
October 30, 2021, 06:15 PM
PASig
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: Don't get too fond of them. One day, before too long, it's gonna be us or them. Instead of admiring how cute they're becoming, we need to be figuring out ways to defeat them.
And no, I'm not kidding, not at all.
The series Black Mirror had an entire episode about that:
