Adam Savage builds a steampunk rickshaw to be pulled by a Boston Dynamics robot

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Doggie sprung cart!

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I think there is a worthwhile talking point here, about the ethics of automated weapons platforms.

But let me just say, as a career techie, I’m deeply skeptical that any Skynet like system could run for more than a week without a crippling outage, without constant human intervention. Systems that run for long periods of time without hiccups are small in scope and architecture, kept as simple as possible.

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And a readily accessible Big Red Switch to remove all power sources. Not a dry contact that signal the controller to shutdown.

I suspect we’ll see “generative design” software suggest eliminating this switch, but we must resist!

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“A horse, or something built around the same general plan, was coming down the street at a hard gallop. Its hooves did not make the pocking noise of iron horseshoes. Bud realized it was a chevaline - a four-legged robot thingy.” ~ The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

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