Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ So hey they've started mounting sniper rifles on robodogs, which is great news for anyone who was hoping they'd start mounting sniper rifles on robodogs. At an exhibit booth in the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting and exhibition,
In addition to being commentary on Autocratic America, it strikes me as yet another reflection of how empire-thinking corrupts the most essential societal values. In this case, taking the human hundred-thousand-year relationship of trust with canines, animals with warm-hearted devotion to us, and turning it on its head to reveal a complete bastardization of techno dogs as "semi-autonomous" (scary stuff) hunters/ potential assassins. To see those smiling soldiers cavorting with the bloody thing made me want to scream " wake-up, a-hole", but I knew it'd be wasted breath shouted at minds completely brainwashed by Exceptionalist Autocratic America.
There was an episode of the original series Star Trek where two planets had been at war for centuries; all attacks were computerized and those theoretically killed marched themselves off to disintegration chambers. Without the actual horror and destruction of real war, it had become something everyone just learned to live with. Well, almost everyone.
One sees an aspect of this with our "volunteer" armed forces, the proliferation of drones, Israel's Iron Dome, the doomsday oligarchs you mentioned in your article, and now this crap with the fake dogs.
Yeah, but Metalhead was a Hyundai. Do these puppies have a 10yr muzzle-tail warranty? We'd been harassed (stoned, making out in a rainy park, across from CMU in 1981) by a goofy, crab-looking robot. By jagoff, goofball nerds. Guess, it took THIS long to admit they weren't out to save workers' lives at TMI or Chernobyl? Anybody else uneasy, that this reads like Robocop meets Idiocracy, devoid sardonic wit?
"So hey they've started mounting sniper rifles on robodogs, which is great news for anyone who was hoping they'd start mounting sniper rifles on robodogs" ... This is exquisite! The setup and punchline follows the template for the perfect joke, by the way, as proposed by Norm MacDonald
Imagine, if they'd inplant a firearm onto a REAL dog! Or little kids, riding komodo dragons with recoilless rifles? Or flying monkeys, with frigging LASERS?
Those billionaires are certainly short sighted. Robot security may protect them for some time but they would have to automatize the whole chain of production, from farming and extraction to delivery and sanitary waste disposal if they want to keep surviving after the « event ». Not to mention medecine.
We're certainly going in that direction but we're far from there. And since all those gimmicks will need maintenance, that future will belong to people who can code
I remember, back before David Brock's troll army & Disqus algorithms chased us all off librul blog-aggregator threads; 2-3 of us silly untermenschen wondered if domestic cop drones had "self destruct" ah, er... theft deterrent systems, so cops could send flying monkeys at BLM, Occupy or BernieBros; hone in on streaming cellphone uploads and... I guess it was deemed too messy, with all them Maybachs and Bentley cabriolets, down Manhattan's Financial District?
OK, for the fun of it, I'm gonna come up with a kick-ass robot dog idea. I'll do this with the robot dog I abscond after it made the mistake of coming through my gate.
The dog will have serious sensory capabilities - especially hearing.
When the dog hears something that is out of the ordinary, it will alert.
Hears it again, time to let the "owner" know - something is amiss.
The dog will then take a protective position already programmed.
The owner will awake and hope that it is nothing, but if it ain't
nothing - then the owner will be ready to respond by virtue
of the robot dog absconded when it went through the
Ah there ya go again, making me glad I'm OLD.
smh
In addition to being commentary on Autocratic America, it strikes me as yet another reflection of how empire-thinking corrupts the most essential societal values. In this case, taking the human hundred-thousand-year relationship of trust with canines, animals with warm-hearted devotion to us, and turning it on its head to reveal a complete bastardization of techno dogs as "semi-autonomous" (scary stuff) hunters/ potential assassins. To see those smiling soldiers cavorting with the bloody thing made me want to scream " wake-up, a-hole", but I knew it'd be wasted breath shouted at minds completely brainwashed by Exceptionalist Autocratic America.
There was an episode of the original series Star Trek where two planets had been at war for centuries; all attacks were computerized and those theoretically killed marched themselves off to disintegration chambers. Without the actual horror and destruction of real war, it had become something everyone just learned to live with. Well, almost everyone.
One sees an aspect of this with our "volunteer" armed forces, the proliferation of drones, Israel's Iron Dome, the doomsday oligarchs you mentioned in your article, and now this crap with the fake dogs.
War needs to carry a cost, not provide a payday.
Yeah, but Metalhead was a Hyundai. Do these puppies have a 10yr muzzle-tail warranty? We'd been harassed (stoned, making out in a rainy park, across from CMU in 1981) by a goofy, crab-looking robot. By jagoff, goofball nerds. Guess, it took THIS long to admit they weren't out to save workers' lives at TMI or Chernobyl? Anybody else uneasy, that this reads like Robocop meets Idiocracy, devoid sardonic wit?
well at least this should take care of the problem of them seeming friendly and dog-like
"...these robodogs can be affixed with all kinds of equipment like communications systems."
If they have a communcations system, they can be hacked.
There was an earlier article about this I recall. Oh yeah, here is a link. One of my favorites of all time. I told my family about it.
Peace is easy!
(ha, ha)
Ken
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/08/01/theyre-normalizing-robot-police-by-calling-them-dogs/
"So hey they've started mounting sniper rifles on robodogs, which is great news for anyone who was hoping they'd start mounting sniper rifles on robodogs" ... This is exquisite! The setup and punchline follows the template for the perfect joke, by the way, as proposed by Norm MacDonald
https://youtu.be/1wUWd8v1Bio
Imagine, if they'd inplant a firearm onto a REAL dog! Or little kids, riding komodo dragons with recoilless rifles? Or flying monkeys, with frigging LASERS?
Those billionaires are certainly short sighted. Robot security may protect them for some time but they would have to automatize the whole chain of production, from farming and extraction to delivery and sanitary waste disposal if they want to keep surviving after the « event ». Not to mention medecine.
We're certainly going in that direction but we're far from there. And since all those gimmicks will need maintenance, that future will belong to people who can code
OK, I tried. I couldn't get past the first minute on that video.
The robot dogs are freaking dead.
Just get you an EMP device,
I think that is the acronym,
at give them a pat on the
head - from a distance
is recommended.
Then, go collect your trophy robot dog!
Peace is easy and robot dogs are
a dime a dozen.
BK
I remember, back before David Brock's troll army & Disqus algorithms chased us all off librul blog-aggregator threads; 2-3 of us silly untermenschen wondered if domestic cop drones had "self destruct" ah, er... theft deterrent systems, so cops could send flying monkeys at BLM, Occupy or BernieBros; hone in on streaming cellphone uploads and... I guess it was deemed too messy, with all them Maybachs and Bentley cabriolets, down Manhattan's Financial District?
OK, for the fun of it, I'm gonna come up with a kick-ass robot dog idea. I'll do this with the robot dog I abscond after it made the mistake of coming through my gate.
The dog will have serious sensory capabilities - especially hearing.
When the dog hears something that is out of the ordinary, it will alert.
Hears it again, time to let the "owner" know - something is amiss.
The dog will then take a protective position already programmed.
The owner will awake and hope that it is nothing, but if it ain't
nothing - then the owner will be ready to respond by virtue
of the robot dog absconded when it went through the
gate without permission.
End of story.
BK