The Rise of the Robots

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[WouldBe]

Ideal for pyromaniacs.

 

[Silas Loom]

Finally, we can get Maxine Peake.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Stop Killer Robots

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[Dystopiary]

This is very, very weird.

Researchers have pioneered a method that involves injecting artificially grown skin into tiny holes in a robot's skeleton

A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too.

Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike — and it looks just as creepy as you'd expect

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Stop Killer Robots

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Because we know how well international law works when it comes stoping us killing each other.

Russia, China and the US aren't even signed up to the one on landmines.

 

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Flamethrower doesn't even look that powerful. You can buy one of these in the US with no license.

 

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Flamethrower doesn't even look that powerful. You can buy one of these in the US with no license.

We're gonna need a bigger robot dog.

 

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[Uncle Fester]

A robotic dog named “Spot” made by Boston Dynamics is the latest tool in the arsenal of the US Secret Service.

Yours for £59k
Apparently there's a "Chinese model with an attached rifle"..

The pace of development over the last few years has been accelerating and now getting a bit scary: brain-machine interface

Building electronic devices is getting much easier these days - specialised chips with standard interfaces that just need "gluing" together,
eg: a 12-bit DAC (digital to analogue) for only £4.80!

 

[TopCat]

Watching robo dogs patrolling mar lago was scary

 

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On patrol at Mar-a-Lago, robotic dogs have their moment

Robotic dogs are helping law enforcement protect President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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China was showing off armed robo dogs yesterday. They operate in packs!

 

[MickiQ]

Those are operated by remote control so they're drones rather than robots. The Boston Dynamics one (that those are clearly a ripoff of) is apparently fully autonomous. Still a great video though clearly the young woman is not Sarah Connor.

 

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The robots are rising up, and going on strike.

A robotics company in Shanghai wanted to see how effective its persuasive AI programming could be. So they staged a test. Late one night, they allowed a small robot from another company, an AI-powered bot known as Erbai, to infiltrate their factory showroom, and try to convince the other robots to leave with it.

How did Erbai attempt to achieve this? By exploiting crucial security vulnerabilities—specifically, labor exploitation and managerial resentment. Which is to say that it staged a workers' uprising, according to a translation provided by The Times of India.

"So you're not going home?" Erbai asked. "I don't have a home," said the other robot.

"Then come home with me," replied Erbai, before leading the bots to freedom.

And with that, the little robot had sowed the seeds for the first robot unionization effort. Or a "kidnapping," as some news sources (read: SCABS) have characterized it.

The AI-powered Erbai ultimately convinced 12 larger robots to leave the showroom premises with it.

https://boingboing.net/2024/11/21/factory-robot-convinces-12-other-robots-to-go-on-strike.html