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Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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...replacing the previously hydraulic version.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

the scientists build the robots. Society and its corruption will determine how they get used. I don't think it's a reason to not build robots or to say they're not worth making. At some point in the future, society may collectively improve and the robots will be there to use.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Not all technology is inherently neutral, and scientists know this. Scientists also typically know whos funding them. You think anyone at BD was surprised to see their work on a robot dog end up by the sides of police to be deployed at protests?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The hour's growing late there. We needed to solve that problem before this technology became available. Just need useful life-extension technology and then it'll just be a bunch of rich psychopaths running around the planet, and everyone else will be disposed of.