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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by ratg13 on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:33AM (#32385869)
This is the one that scares me the most because the labor benefits are so big that the field will advance quickly, and it's only a matter of time before someone starts fitting them with rifles.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by andsoitis on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:51AM (#32386104)
> and it's only a matter of time before someone starts fitting them with rifles.

"DHS has chosen to lease its robot dog technology from Ghost Robotics, which has also debuted a company equipped with long-range guns"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/16/robot-dogs-u...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are tal... by spaetzleesser on Monday August 08, 2022 @10:37AM (#32385919)
I always wonder what would have happened if the Bush administration had had such robots available in 2003. There were quite a few people in power who thought the US should just invade any country they don’t like and “fix” it. Turns out this was way more difficult than thought and cost soldiers’ lives but what if invading a country just costs money?
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