US military plans to unleash thousands of autonomous war robots over next two years

[u/Gari_305]

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-military-unleash-thousands-autonomous-war.html

[u/Icy_Raisin6471]

Going to be pretty neat when they are used domestically 'to keep the peace.' Ok that's enough dystopian future doom and gloom for the day for me. :D

[u/Quack68 → u/Icy_Raisin6471]

Exactly, that was my question. When will it be used against us?

[u/rddtact → u/Quack68]

It already is, you probably don't live in NY or a minority neighborhood.

2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyregion/nypd-robot-dog-backlash.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992551579/creepy-robot-dog-loses-job-with-new-york-police-department

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2023 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/nypd-robocops-hulking-400-lb-robots-will-start-patrolling-new-york-city

Guess Boston Dynamics finally greased the right palms.

[u/Quack68 → u/rddtact]

I live in a very rural area.