Stop Robot Abuse

Re:Stop Robot Abuse by gnu8 on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @11:23AM (#9107501)

This is is supposed to be a feel-good public relations campaign to enhance Google aubsidiary Boston Dynamics' reputation. The reason they need to do that is because one day these machines will be used against humans. They will oppress and they will kill. Unfortunately science fiction has made it almost impossible for people to consider this issue with the gravity it requires.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by jrochkind1 on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @12:47PM (#9108171)

upvoted.

Yes, that's exactly it. When I see these videos, I am terrified.

I (and I don't think you) are saying that there's really someone sitting in an office thinking "We need to make people happy with these robots so people forget how they will be used"... actually wait, nevermind, while that clear thinking wouldn't be neccesary, I think there probably IS someone thinking exactly that. They know they're going to be used for police/military purposes (the research is funded by DoD, and they're already busy marketting them to their likely best customers), and they know not to show that in their PR videos.

Whoever made this funny web page, they made it with videos released by or in collaboration with the PR people for the companies making these weapons (and that is indeed what they are), and they do know what they are doing.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by rckclmbr on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @11:46AM (#9107713)

Not sure if you're serious or not, but the domain is owned by Jelmer Tiete, who doesn't appear to have any affiliation with Boston Dynamics. He works at beyond.io, which on their homepage says they "make things that make you smile". I think he did just that.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by bhayden on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @04:06PM (#9109592)

The website is pretty obviously made to sell tshirts. It's already made a few hundred dollars by the looks of it.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by DonHopkins on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @11:50AM (#9107756)

It's come full circle from the time of Old Glory Robot Insurance -- now robots need insurance against human attacks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXnL7sdElno

Sam Waterston would be turning in his grave, if only he were dead and buried.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by CmonDev on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @11:58AM (#9107798)

There could be a much-much worse scenario: we will not figure out AI within this generation, and dying by the manipulators of a robot will stay just a dream.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by DanBC on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @12:27PM (#9108026)

> dying by the manipulators of a robot will stay just a dream.

People are already killed by operators of flying robots.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by Dylan16807 on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:57PM (#9109128)

I suppose, but if you count 'pointing a rocket at something' then we've been dying to flying robots since WWII.

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by higherpurpose on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @11:26AM (#9107527)

Relevant (on both counts: killer robots and science-fiction):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMYYx_im5QI

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Re:Stop Robot Abuse by pfraze on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:34PM (#9108545)

I think they're just trying to sell t-shirts, but I do agree that these will be the robots to destroy us.

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