beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employeeswww.wbur.orgexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1275file-text
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minus-squareLuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-218 hours agoAre we supposed to believe those employees weren’t aware of Boston Dynamics long history of being funded by DARPA with the explicit intent of employing their robots for state use? https://www.darpa.mil/node/2035 https://www.darpa.mil/about/innovation-timeline/atlas-robot-debut
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 hours agoThere are legit uses, such as bomb disposal and military scouting. At one point their ads focussed on carrying supplies But this is not one of those
minus-squarecpbsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoDARPA is not ICE. They have different focuses geographically, politically, technically, and culturally.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·17 hours agoOne kills brown people abroad and the other one kills brown people internally
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 hours agoDid they think they were just for dancing?
Are we supposed to believe those employees weren’t aware of Boston Dynamics long history of being funded by DARPA with the explicit intent of employing their robots for state use?
https://www.darpa.mil/node/2035
https://www.darpa.mil/about/innovation-timeline/atlas-robot-debut
There are legit uses, such as bomb disposal and military scouting. At one point their ads focussed on carrying supplies
But this is not one of those
DARPA is not ICE. They have different focuses geographically, politically, technically, and culturally.
One kills brown people abroad and the other one kills brown people internally
Did they think they were just for dancing?