BEWARE: ARMED DOG
Linking to a story at a science fiction site Jeremy Sear frets over armed robots:
Update: Super-sensitive Jeremy reacts to criticism, disowning the misinformation at the linked sci-fi site:
Seriously, US military - WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP PUTTING GUNS ON ROBOTS?!No need to worry, Jeremy, the featured quadruped Big Dog robots are designed for cargo-carrying and are unsuited as weapons platforms – their bobbing motion makes targeting problematic. Big Dogs are also prone to go off task. SkyNet is still in the future.These robotic monsters with its array of big guns and mountain-climbing ability will soon be released on the Taliban and terrorists hiding out in their Himalayian hideouts and caves in Afghanistan.
Update: Super-sensitive Jeremy reacts to criticism, disowning the misinformation at the linked sci-fi site:
I’m not convinced that the source above is right - I can’t actually see any guns on the images in the video, and the general design appears to be as an equipment-carrying device.See, you're supposed to check out information before you link to it. Duh.
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Big Dog can't do anything yet that a camel or mule cannot. But if you think that thing isn't going to wind up as a weapons platform, well, you probably also believed that UAVs would only ever be used for 'surveillance'.
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