Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWorld's first full-size humanoid robot fighting championship to debut in Shenzhenwww.globaltimes.cnexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16
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minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoWe’re totally not going to be crowdfunding the R&D of privatized robot armies – right?
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoRobotized armies are already here, and they look nothing like steel skeleton humanoid Terminators, they are more like cheapest four propeller drones with an anti-tank mine strapped with zip ties, naked wires with no cover, because it’s single use.
minus-squareetchinghillside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoEh - a missile isn’t really a robot army. Drones in a computerized swarm - you start getting closer. I don’t foresee a CEO having drones with ziptied anti-tank mines on their payroll.
We’re totally not going to be crowdfunding the R&D of privatized robot armies – right?
Robotized armies are already here, and they look nothing like steel skeleton humanoid Terminators, they are more like cheapest four propeller drones with an anti-tank mine strapped with zip ties, naked wires with no cover, because it’s single use.
Eh - a missile isn’t really a robot army. Drones in a computerized swarm - you start getting closer.
I don’t foresee a CEO having drones with ziptied anti-tank mines on their payroll.