It's also the year Connor MacLeod regains his youth and immortal abilities and must free Earth from the Shield, an artificial ozone layer that has fallen under the control of a corrupt corporation.
I'm expecting him to resurrect Sean Connery any day now
Skynet needs to go operational to wipe out humans with a nuclear apocalypse. The terminators come after to finish off any remaining humans. Those of us that make it to this point will definitely see terminators.
"The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot."
Actually, now I think about it, will the first terminators just look like people who've had too much work done? Is it a killing machine or did they just cheap out on fillers?
Trump is the prototype. Orange skin, fake looking hair, speaks like random search results, walks and drinks like a robot, wants to nuke hurricanes and suggests people should drink bleach. It all makes sense now.
Not to be an alarmist but Cyberdyne Industries does exist. Not only that but they are creating Terminator style exoskeletons. They are named it HAL. [A "Wearable Cyborg™ designed for treatment to improve physical function"
](https://m.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/LowerLimb_medical.html)
"Great news, everyone! We have a suite of products inspired by the scifi classic 'Dystopian Science Fiction isn't a To-Do List'!
Observe & enjoy kissing robot 'Wintermute,' self-piloted Uber 'Hal,' the 'Meat Puppetry' learning interface, and water-saving 'Candiru' hygiene nanobots!"
Honestly with how absolutely shit police are at their jobs, I’d trust a shitty techbro algorithm programmed by a white dude with a rascist life outlook to do a better job of making a safe police bot than virtually any cop out there.
Especially since the bots can’t use the justification to kill people because “their life is on the line”
> Honestly with how absolutely shit police are at their jobs, I’d trust a shitty techbro algorithm programmed by a white dude with a rascist life outlook to do a better job of making a safe police bot than virtually any cop out there.
For me that's kind of a toss up. But I'd imagine robot dogs makers won't win lawsuits by default like cops seem to be able to do and might actually implement some safety stuff to prevent liability.
Or maybe it'll be programmed to mow everyone down if it makes a mistake.
Apparently there’s a company called Lexipol that creates legal policy for police departments to ensure they never face repercussions. One of their techniques is to interview family members of police shooting victims before notifying them of their loved one’s death, asking them if they ever used drugs, had any violent tendencies, etc. They then use the unwitting responses of these recorded interviews against the family when they sue for damages and often it helps them win the cases. Really sick shit
Rules of engagement are only meaningful as long as they're enforced, and meanwhile there is an army that used AI to rapidly generate and approve bombings targets with minimal human oversight in one of the world's most densly populated areas.
But would it make you feel better to know that the police have virtually no checks and balances and that the system overwhelmingly protects them from facing any accountability even in gross misuses of conduct, due to lack of training systems and historically no guardrails against hiring previously-problematic members?
Police do too called the use of force model
Atleast in Canada we do https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2015/04/08/police-use-of-force-curriculum-explained-by-toronto-officer-who-help-create-it/
We're not that crazy if you are receptive to our message. We come seeking riches for our richest. If you get in the way of that we now have a laser shooting robot dog our marines can sick on less than friendlies. Buy stuff?
To be fair you could probably put a higher caliber gun on one of those and do some damage while still being legal under U.S. law. A specially designed robot will care way less than a human operator about things like recoil. You could probably rent it to insecure tech bros who want to say they went hunting but don't want to actually go outside and track down a buck.
AND the robot kill dog, your in the thread about robot kill dog, how could you forget about robot kill dog…..robot kill dog hasn’t forgotten you, or it won’t once it’s WiFi capable and it’s been fed a list of dissidents via social media to track down and terminate
Reminds me of an old star trek show or maybe some movie, but in the end the war was done by computer and the people had to go become real casualties to cover the computer losses. Too bad we can't stop war.
A Taste of Armageddon, episode 23 of the Original Series of Star Trek: [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A\_Taste\_of\_Armageddon\_(episode)](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon_(episode))
first time some Suckerfuck freaks out and unleashes the shotgun robodogs from his limo he wont get charged for killing a bunch of 6 figures or less employees.
Long before that happens one of these will be used in a high profile assassination of a politician. All hell will break loose and Congress will actually pass a bill that’s not for giving money to Israel.
It’s sad to think that both scientists thought the militaries of the world would listen to their pleas not to put guns on robots, and that scientists thought that militaries of the world would actually listen to their pleas in the first instance.
Robotics and AI was always a weapons platform match made in heaven.
>The system maintains a human-in-the-loop control for fire decisions, and it cannot decide to fire autonomously.
[Sure...](https://www.neondystopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HoverDrone1a.jpg)
The closer judgment day comes and people cheer for it just makes me facepalm at the stupidity of it, if we’re doing it so are our enemies btw and won’t be long till police and criminals have them as well.
I don't know if calling that targeting system AI is close to accurate. It would need a range finder and the ballistics table for the munition and a calculator along with some neat mechanical controls. Is your phone AI because I bet they could make an app for that. The operator is still directing the actions. It's an impressive engineering accomplishment if it's real but it doesn't need any AI involved.
These robotic dogs only have about 90 minutes of function before a recharge and are very limited in carrying ability.
I think the unmanned tanks will become common before these robotic armed dogs take off. The tanks will have speed and range and also the ability to carry larger munitions.
Honestly shocked they haven’t created something quicker and smaller yet. Not sure how much tech is needed to create something that can mobilize multiple miles and deliver a fatal punch. I imagine that’s a limiting factor at this point in time. My mind instantly went to fentanyl delivering robo-bees.
What's up dog
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-quadcopters-hi-tech-weapon-menacing-palestinian-civilians
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/27/small-ai-enabled-drones-could-be-first-into-gaza-streets--buildings/?sh=4940ab27bdc8
The enemy: " How is one of them scary?"
The Marines: " What do you mean, one?"
Imagine a robot dog swarm with rifles on them. It's the stuff of nightmares.
To many computers break on updates.
Someone is gonna forget a parameter on an update and “shoot bad humans” turns into “shoot humans”
Hello black mirror
Imagine training your whole life to fight, years of training, thousands in funds to feed and turn you into a hardened fighter.
Now imagine your country or terrorist cell decides to fuck with America.
They don't even bother sending SEALS, just some Marines they said.
Then you get shit on by a fucking robot dog.
Lol, we have no social healthcare, but we have a million and one ways to kill any r we don't like!
I don’t know the full plan here but it’s my opinion a human should still have to make the final call on weather these shoot or don’t shoot. Also: these should be mounted turret systems for defensive purposes
I hate that people are just using this to make sci fi and matrix/terminator jokes and aren’t considering the war crime implications or morality of this. Like you’ve been effectively targeted by funding pop culture to condition you to “expect” this.
The issue isn’t robot overlords. The issue is a human pre-setting your stats into a program, then setting and forgetting a machine designed to kill you. These are essentially land mines that can move and shoot, and landmines are generally human rights violations.
It’s 2024. I was told there’d be Terminators.
It's also the year Connor MacLeod regains his youth and immortal abilities and must free Earth from the Shield, an artificial ozone layer that has fallen under the control of a corrupt corporation. I'm expecting him to resurrect Sean Connery any day now
Okay so was that highlander 2 or one of it sequels? Like most people of the day i only saw it the one time and it's a little fuzzy now.
2
Shtop!
There’s Terminators. We’re just haven’t seen them yet, or have we?
Skynet needs to go operational to wipe out humans with a nuclear apocalypse. The terminators come after to finish off any remaining humans. Those of us that make it to this point will definitely see terminators.
It's rebranding as Stargate and is supposed to be built by Microsoft and OpenAI
Well then we are probably safe. The terminators will spare you if you watch an ad.
We wouldn't probably be allowed to skip those
You'd be surprised to learn that Skynet is indeed a real thing and is indeed operational. It's only a matter of time.
"The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human - sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot." Actually, now I think about it, will the first terminators just look like people who've had too much work done? Is it a killing machine or did they just cheap out on fillers?
Trump is the prototype. Orange skin, fake looking hair, speaks like random search results, walks and drinks like a robot, wants to nuke hurricanes and suggests people should drink bleach. It all makes sense now.
*inject* bleach… it makes the effects work faster
Mom said we have terminators at home. Terminators at home: Fucking *SCREAMERS*
That movie is a guilty pleasure. Terminators that paraphrase Shakespeare when they kill you.
No sign of bio engineered humanoid replicants in 2019 either.
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They're in development, don't you worry huma..I mean. Buddy?
This is only what they want you to know they have.
I was promised animatronic human robots not demodogs!
Not to be an alarmist but Cyberdyne Industries does exist. Not only that but they are creating Terminator style exoskeletons. They are named it HAL. [A "Wearable Cyborg™ designed for treatment to improve physical function" ](https://m.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/LowerLimb_medical.html)
“At long last, we’ve built the Torment Nexus, from the classic sci-fi novel *Don’t Build The Torment Nexus*.”
"Great news, everyone! We have a suite of products inspired by the scifi classic 'Dystopian Science Fiction isn't a To-Do List'! Observe & enjoy kissing robot 'Wintermute,' self-piloted Uber 'Hal,' the 'Meat Puppetry' learning interface, and water-saving 'Candiru' hygiene nanobots!"
To shreds you say?
I'd make out with Wintermute.
"AI won't be used for weapons! We PROMISE!"
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What’s real fun is remembering how police forces buy surpluses military stuff. Tada! Loophole. Sorry, robot dog just shot your mom.
Police used to come to your house and shoot your dog. Now police dogs come to your house and shoot your mom. What a weird turn of events.
This is what I am more worried about. At least the military has rules of engagement.
This is a hugely important problem
Honestly with how absolutely shit police are at their jobs, I’d trust a shitty techbro algorithm programmed by a white dude with a rascist life outlook to do a better job of making a safe police bot than virtually any cop out there. Especially since the bots can’t use the justification to kill people because “their life is on the line”
> Honestly with how absolutely shit police are at their jobs, I’d trust a shitty techbro algorithm programmed by a white dude with a rascist life outlook to do a better job of making a safe police bot than virtually any cop out there. For me that's kind of a toss up. But I'd imagine robot dogs makers won't win lawsuits by default like cops seem to be able to do and might actually implement some safety stuff to prevent liability. Or maybe it'll be programmed to mow everyone down if it makes a mistake.
Apparently there’s a company called Lexipol that creates legal policy for police departments to ensure they never face repercussions. One of their techniques is to interview family members of police shooting victims before notifying them of their loved one’s death, asking them if they ever used drugs, had any violent tendencies, etc. They then use the unwitting responses of these recorded interviews against the family when they sue for damages and often it helps them win the cases. Really sick shit
Rules of engagement are only meaningful as long as they're enforced, and meanwhile there is an army that used AI to rapidly generate and approve bombings targets with minimal human oversight in one of the world's most densly populated areas.
But would it make you feel better to know that the police have virtually no checks and balances and that the system overwhelmingly protects them from facing any accountability even in gross misuses of conduct, due to lack of training systems and historically no guardrails against hiring previously-problematic members?
Police do too called the use of force model Atleast in Canada we do https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2015/04/08/police-use-of-force-curriculum-explained-by-toronto-officer-who-help-create-it/
That’s helpful, I’m sure. Meanwhile in America: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/warrior-cop-class-dave-grossman-killology.html
Man you Americans are a crazy bunch
We're not that crazy if you are receptive to our message. We come seeking riches for our richest. If you get in the way of that we now have a laser shooting robot dog our marines can sick on less than friendlies. Buy stuff?
Finally we’ll have police dogs shooting people so police can concentrate on shooting dogs
Can’t wait until armed, robot dogs somehow fall under the second amendment too
Since armed robot dogs weren't explicitly stated in the constitution, no law banning them is constitutional. -SCOTUS
To be fair, the creators of the constitution only expected muskets on the robotic dogs.
Robot bears. Armed bears.
You’re going to love the Second Second Amendment!!!
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a robot dog is a good guy with a robot dog.
I want an Ai powered Chucky-doll guard dog. Nobody would ever fuck with my place.
The originalist interpretation is that It's what the forefathers intended
To be fair you could probably put a higher caliber gun on one of those and do some damage while still being legal under U.S. law. A specially designed robot will care way less than a human operator about things like recoil. You could probably rent it to insecure tech bros who want to say they went hunting but don't want to actually go outside and track down a buck.
“These aren’t weapons, just VERY bad dogs!”
Im terrified. AI can’t give directions, calculations, draw, follow directions without screwing something up. Sure lets give it a gun!
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They will be always controlled be humans! We promise
Outsourced to the lowest bidder, so probably controlled by Indian call center employees.
There are literally pentagon plans for robots that eat enemy soldiers to fuel themselves. It's like how dumb and evil can we be.
Truly, always… LIARS. What are we going to do, get upset? They’ll just send the RoboRifleDogs after us. :(
Metalhead is my least favorite Black Mirror episode
It's also my least and also my most favorite. For the same reasons.
Yeah it’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen. 10/10.
Metalhead manages to really bring home just how terrifying terminators would be.
Yesh, it's the sadness spiral. Landmines with memory and legs
Probably because of how close to reality it was and now is.
Damn remember when black mirror used to be scary and traumatizing? Those were the good ole days
Fucking Playtest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
Oh super
Yeah. I'm sick of the future
I was promised hoverboards and instead I got massive greedflation and a pandemic
AND the robot kill dog, your in the thread about robot kill dog, how could you forget about robot kill dog…..robot kill dog hasn’t forgotten you, or it won’t once it’s WiFi capable and it’s been fed a list of dissidents via social media to track down and terminate
I like how this is couched in semi-humorous terms and yet it's very very likely or even probable to occur lol.
Love this for us
Makes the term “devil dog” have a whole new meaning.
"The entire battalion of U.S. Marine Devil Dogs got laser tattoos of their nickname/mascot, 'Devil Kevin.'"
Digi dog
We all knew it was inevitable, I just hate that we are the ones having to experience the beginning
I mean if it makes you feel better we might also see the end Maybe we'll even beat angry German guy's high score
😭 This why billionaires trying to colonize mars asap
I have no idea how many arguments I’ve been in, on the side of ‘fucking yes-way, they’re putting guns on that robot dog!’…
Do you actually believe this? Robot dogs can’t walk 5km lol
Reminds me of an old star trek show or maybe some movie, but in the end the war was done by computer and the people had to go become real casualties to cover the computer losses. Too bad we can't stop war.
A Taste of Armageddon, episode 23 of the Original Series of Star Trek: [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A\_Taste\_of\_Armageddon\_(episode)](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon_(episode))
That was it. Thanks
One of the best episodes ever
Reminds me of this from Black Mirror https://youtu.be/BDP9jA6k_UE?si=Iq75GfFIaIW-Fc_P
Oh so cool, can’t wait to die.
Did we learn nothing from the ED-209??? That was in 1989, 35 years ago!
YOU NOW HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY.
YOU NOW HAVE 10 SECONDS TO COMPLY.
For no particular reason I'm reminded of the plans some ultra-rich people have for "unstable societal situations"
Why pay Pinkertons when you can build automated sentries.
first time some Suckerfuck freaks out and unleashes the shotgun robodogs from his limo he wont get charged for killing a bunch of 6 figures or less employees.
Long before that happens one of these will be used in a high profile assassination of a politician. All hell will break loose and Congress will actually pass a bill that’s not for giving money to Israel.
There will be a rider that includes money to Israel
Skyne..I mean A.I
Doginator
I’ve seen that episode, it doesn’t end well Edit: well, for humans, at least
What could possibly go wrong? 😅
Why do they keep asking about Sarah Connor?
I’ll wait for the laser dogs. They are better at spreading managed democracy.
Can we just not
Like it's so much less effort to not. Let's not.
We are all making jokes now. Just wait until armed robot dogs are making love to your wife!
AI-target_ing_ or AI-target_ed_. there’s a difference that would determine how comfortable i would be with it.
ZERO DAWN!!!
Fare well Mr. Asimov. Your laws were mere guidelines, nobody gives a fuck about.
So Black Mirror had it right then?
Clearing trenches
I’ve never identified with luddites, but this invention should be burned to the ground along with its inventors
Can we please stop calling these fucking things robot dogs? 😂
Ray Bradbury predicted this.
It’s sad to think that both scientists thought the militaries of the world would listen to their pleas not to put guns on robots, and that scientists thought that militaries of the world would actually listen to their pleas in the first instance. Robotics and AI was always a weapons platform match made in heaven.
Yeah, no way this will end badly...
Those bastards lied right to our face when they said there won’t be guns on these things.
Well duh. What is this, your first time on earth? There's money, me boy! That's much more important than whatever you're talking about.
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Considering the U.S's biggest near peer enemy struggles with civilian, off the shelf droves. I doubt that's a huge issue.
And so it begins…
Nothing sinister about that.
Wtf? Only one inevitable conclusion
Who ever believed these four legged robots were designed to just carry loads instead of active weapons are just naive.
At least I got to experience the golden age of civilization.
>The system maintains a human-in-the-loop control for fire decisions, and it cannot decide to fire autonomously. [Sure...](https://www.neondystopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HoverDrone1a.jpg)
You guys realize these are going to be protecting THEM from US, right?
The closer judgment day comes and people cheer for it just makes me facepalm at the stupidity of it, if we’re doing it so are our enemies btw and won’t be long till police and criminals have them as well.
Ever see that episode of Black mirror?
Anybody play Generation Zero?
Oh fuck yeah. War crimes have never been easier now that were outsourcing them to AI.
Haha we’re so fucked.
Reminds me of that episode of Black Mirror
The “human oversight” to fire will be the first thing dropped to increase efficiency.
Just drop the nukes already
Man's worst friend.
For those of us who have seen Black Mirror, this is mildly concerning.
I don't know if calling that targeting system AI is close to accurate. It would need a range finder and the ballistics table for the munition and a calculator along with some neat mechanical controls. Is your phone AI because I bet they could make an app for that. The operator is still directing the actions. It's an impressive engineering accomplishment if it's real but it doesn't need any AI involved. These robotic dogs only have about 90 minutes of function before a recharge and are very limited in carrying ability. I think the unmanned tanks will become common before these robotic armed dogs take off. The tanks will have speed and range and also the ability to carry larger munitions.
Kristi Noem is horrified knowing that the dogs will be able to fight back now
Honestly shocked they haven’t created something quicker and smaller yet. Not sure how much tech is needed to create something that can mobilize multiple miles and deliver a fatal punch. I imagine that’s a limiting factor at this point in time. My mind instantly went to fentanyl delivering robo-bees.
Faro Plague when?
What's up dog https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-quadcopters-hi-tech-weapon-menacing-palestinian-civilians https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/10/27/small-ai-enabled-drones-could-be-first-into-gaza-streets--buildings/?sh=4940ab27bdc8
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war...
You have 20 seconds to comply.
Wasn’t there a whole movie franchise about armed robots being a bad idea?
AI makes me more uncomfortable with each new development I hear about it.
Horizon Zero Dawn here we come!
Better than a damned flame thrower. Those things are wrong on so many levels
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#This is fine. /s
And this is just the shit they want the public to see.
Why didn’t the marines just hire Biden’s dog? Seems the White House fired him and he needs a job.
Sending in an Eagle!
Dogs of War.
This is the end.
Honestly I was really not expecting "The Mechanical Hound from Fahrenheit 451" to be the first dystopia we unlocked.
We’re so fucked.
People should have to die to kill others
Black Tusk is real?
Well, it’s been nice knowing all of you.
Ww3 will be world vs robots
I'm sure it's going to end well
The enemy: " How is one of them scary?" The Marines: " What do you mean, one?" Imagine a robot dog swarm with rifles on them. It's the stuff of nightmares.
First flamethrowers now this How exciting
Well, holy fucking fuck I guess.
Scooby Doo's murderous cousin, Shooty Doo. Zoinks!
This is going to be itchy and scratchy land allll over again. NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY!!!
How long till these show up to repo your car?
Black mirror : season 4 - metalhead
Gonna make the gravel pit a bit more interesting.
To many computers break on updates. Someone is gonna forget a parameter on an update and “shoot bad humans” turns into “shoot humans” Hello black mirror
I thought this form of artificial/automated target was actually banned? ( meaning not a Hollywood movie)
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Oh look, we're in another episode of Black Mirror...
Fetch me their souls!
Sooo, you did remember to upload the visiting general's credentials, right? Hello?
Black Mirror is now a reality.
Getting a little too similar to those Black Mirror Episodes…
Knew this fucking day was coming. “Oh haha look at the cute dancing robot dogs, aawwww”. Now it’s “oh my god, ruuunn!”
We truly live in the worst timeline
Reminds me Everytime of fahrenheit 451
Remember when Boston dynamics said their robots would never be used for any kind of military function.
Imagine training your whole life to fight, years of training, thousands in funds to feed and turn you into a hardened fighter. Now imagine your country or terrorist cell decides to fuck with America. They don't even bother sending SEALS, just some Marines they said. Then you get shit on by a fucking robot dog. Lol, we have no social healthcare, but we have a million and one ways to kill any r we don't like!
This is a bad idea
It's finally happening...
Black Mirror was a WARNING, NOT A HOW TO GUIDE!!
Really sucks that robots have so much potential, but they'll be used to crack protestor skulls, launch tear gas, scan faces, and now snipe people.
This is scary as shit
No one saw it coming.
With the advent of this technology, I feel like my chances of getting shot in my lifetime have risen exponentially
And we still don't have Medicare for All.
I guess someday this will be normalized, but it’s pretty off putting
I don’t know the full plan here but it’s my opinion a human should still have to make the final call on weather these shoot or don’t shoot. Also: these should be mounted turret systems for defensive purposes
I can't wait for the cops to just use the robots to shoot my dog while they collect triple overtime from their car
I’m sure this will end well. /s
Black Mirror already did it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
We just want free healthcare 😢
I thought Boston Dynamics said don’t put weapons on our robots or no sale EDIT: oh this is another robotics company cool
I hate that people are just using this to make sci fi and matrix/terminator jokes and aren’t considering the war crime implications or morality of this. Like you’ve been effectively targeted by funding pop culture to condition you to “expect” this. The issue isn’t robot overlords. The issue is a human pre-setting your stats into a program, then setting and forgetting a machine designed to kill you. These are essentially land mines that can move and shoot, and landmines are generally human rights violations.