ICE wants robot dogs. Boston Dynamics' workers urge company to 'cancel the sale'
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Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Are we supposed to believe those employees weren’t aware of Boston Dynamics long history of being funded by DARPA with the explicit intent of employing their robots for state use?

    • cpbsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      DARPA is not ICE. They have different focuses geographically, politically, technically, and culturally.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      There are legit uses, such as bomb disposal and military scouting. At one point their ads focussed on carrying supplies

      But this is not one of those