This was always a joke before, but now I, for one, really do welcome our robotic overlords.
Are they going to put cameras on them so that we can have real-time views of places where humans dare not tread?
Welp. At least we know whoās most likely to build skynet now.
Mildly curious on where theyāre going with this to be honest. Granted i live rrual enough they probably wonāt make me a priority targetā¦ except thanks to the pilot program they kinda have my address. Soā¦ uh. Step 1. Make sure car that just pulled in has driver.
ātell me if you saw one of these things running after you, you wouldnāt crap your pants and have a heart attack at the same time.ā
No shit. Ray Bradbury saw that one coming when he wrote āFarenheit 451ā.
Maybe they did this so when people go to moon the Street View vehicle, itās now capable of kicking them in the arse?
Why would Google do this? What evil plans are they hatching?
Considering the old massive brain and opposable thumbs, no. No, I wonāt die of fright if some misguided idiot sends a loud, delicate, and generally very vulnerable machine after me. Iāll grab a stick and take it out, steal whatever looks interesting in the way of parts off it, break anything left that looks expensive, and go get a burger. Maybe a burrito.
āNever anthropomorphize a machine. They hate thatā¦ā
āYou know, another thing just occurred to meā¦ As far as I know, a Boston Dynamics Robot has never been disconnected.ā
āWell, no Boston Dynamics Robot has ever fouled up before.ā
āThatās not what I meanā¦ Iām not so sure what he would think about it.ā
Okay, so G00gle is officially becoming part of the military-industrial complex.
Hey, military-industrial googleplex!
@Samthebutcher
Iād go back home and make some pasta. Otherwise: same page here.
Instant classic. I will quote this.
Reminds me of Colossus - The Forbin Project when the CIA guy starts adressing the computer as āheā, not āitā and the presidentās reaction is 'donāt personalize it - the next step is deification"
@singletona082
Of course there will be a driver. Integrated in the dashboard.
Yes. I admit it. I WOULD be crapping my pants and having a heart attack if this thing was chasing me.
I would just hope Iād die before it got me. Gah!
Soooooo, Googleās bought the worldās premiere war-bot manufacturer? @cstross, i totally see where youāre coming fromā¦
A company funded by DARPA for over 20 years is deemed worthy of acquisition. Is this the tax payer funding of high tech industry in action?
Yea, I donāt know if buying a military hardware company counts as ādo no evilā.
I love Googleā¦ and Iām nmot just saying that so they donāt replace me with a lifelike robot doppelganger whose personality is based on crap I post online.
āWelcome to the future of courier delivery, Robomule!ā
āI WILL NOT BEND, FOLD, SPINDLE OR MUTILATEā¦ not unless you get in my way, fleshbagā¦ā
Didnāt Coke buy a few nuclear subs back when the Soviet Union imploded?
But coke have always been evilā¦ but wait, did they? Is a joke going over my head?
It feels more and more like weāre living in one of the Terminator timelines :-S
Somewhere on the Mountain View campus:
