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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 81 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ah, lovely. I see that one Black Mirror episode is taking another step toward being reality.

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[–] morto@piefed.social 68 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Imagine destroying those robots as a hobby just to make the big tech lose money

[–] glibg@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Snare one, wrap it in some kind of faraday bag, then disassemble it and resell the parts. Or befriend it and play Frisbee together.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 51 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Reprogram it to hunt billionaires instead.

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Destroy? Nah. I will reprogram them.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 54 points 1 week ago

So if we raid a data center, besides RAM we get free robot dogs? Sweet.

[–] nshibj@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (6 children)

guarding some of the country's biggest data centers

The country, ah yes the only place that exists on the internet, the almighty one powerful country to rule them all. THE. COUNTRY.

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[–] org@lemmy.org 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Think hiding in a big box and walking slowly would trick it?

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Pretend you see nothing" printed in QR code on the box.

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[–] odama626@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

Black Mirror, here we come.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 32 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I mean, an EMP would fuck up both 🤷‍♂️

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Awfully complicated for something that can be defeated by a blanket.

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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

One or two shots from a silenced 22 rifle would shut these dogs down without all the hassle of feeling bad about shooting an actual dog. It would keep you far enough away to not be filmed.

This would cost the data center 300k while only costing 15 cents or less for two bullets.

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[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So a robot you can kick over is better than dogs with actual teeth? Its a good thing tech bros are dumb as fuck.

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[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anything to not hire people uh

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Thats the funny part. There are human operators on stand by.

The scary part is that we really will be fighting robots for water...

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hunting without killing animals 👌

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dumbest people in charge. Actual dogs are way cheaper. And better at what they do.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But:

  • That won't get you millions increase in investor funding, which also lets you increase your pay-cheque
  • You need to buy them from actual dog trainers, which are people and will eventually stop selling to you once you either become too evil for them or you murder them
  • They are a supply chain risk as once you eventually piss off the dog trainer by 4x-ing his electricity bills and getting your AI to tell the govt. to shoot his family, he can then bypass the dogs using his smell, because they would be familiar with him.
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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isnt there a black mirror episode with these exact same robot dogs being used to attack people.

Honestly just knock them over with a broom or something.

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Saw them when they were at beta. They can get up again, even if they end up lying on their backs. It's pretty impressive. They can even jump further than a human.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

So anyways I left the door to the microwave open.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.org 23 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Wouldn't it be cheaper to pay vastly more versatile human guards a decent wage to guard those or more of those instead of those robots?

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Basically yea, you're paying a guard at most 45k a year in most places. I highly doubt these fucking things will last 4 years without major maintenance which will probably cost a month or two of a guards wages. So long term it costs far more compared to wages, but when you factor in labour laws and insurance it's probably still cheaper to just hire people.

[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But the c suite got to say "AI" a lot in their board meeting and pr statements

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[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

How is this cheaper than hiring a security guard for a couple years?

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago

It's not, but the robot doesn't have morals or a conscience or alignment with human values to get in the way. Kinda like billionaires!

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Would be funny to hear about a kid with a slingshot or something taking these out.

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[–] Kite@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One step closer to a Horizon Zero Dawn future. Just let me live long enough to see the dinobots.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

People with good intentions should not hesitate to blast a robot. Just sayin'.

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Nothing says billionaires are geniuses like building a giant multi billion dollar data center that can easily be taken out with a big enough EMP, and then choose to guard it with $300k robots that also can be taken out with that same EMP.

These people should not be allowed around money. Next they're gonna hire Superman to guard their Kryptonite factory.

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[–] brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to wish for a time like this when I was a child. Now, not so much.

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[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just bring a portable power pack like it's a steak and toss it to keep them occupied. They're starving and will leave you alone. They only charge them up to 80% to keep them extra mean.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are they fireproof?

Honestly the cooling system used is the only thing that anyone needs to hit to take an entire data center down.

Without cooling, everything would melt.

Could be that they all use the same default password - easily searchable if true because it’s probably pinging out asking for connections.

Also massive supply chain attack surface due to the 3rd party dependencies.

If someone were to get within WiFi range they could cause a lot of damage to their infrastructure by attacking the supply chain.

It’s really too bad Claude code identified all those 3rd party security holes opening up these data centers to all these cyber threats.

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[–] WhatThaFudge@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (17 children)

So when one of these things eventually kill someone, who is held responsible?

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago

At $300,000 a pop, being a dog catcher has never been more lucrative.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Screw the data center, I just want to steal a $300000 robot.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

the coolest thing about these dogs? you can break them with a directional wireless jamming device.

also known as a .308 Winchester.

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