New Robot Makes Soldiers Obsolete (Corridor Digital)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used as a Skynet joke and cited as a parody that fooled some viewers into thinking it was real.
What it is
A Corridor Digital parody of a Boston Dynamics promo, showing a CGI military robot trained for combat that goes rogue and refuses to kill a robotic dog.
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Cites bnralt · 2022-12 · on “JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release”
Some time ago Joe Rogan thought this joke video[1], showing a Boston Dynamics robot being trained for the military which goes rogue and attacks his human handlers when they try to have it shoot a robotic dog, was real. He was talking to Lex Friedman about how the video tricked him, but that the scary thing was how close the video was to reality. Friedman tried to explain to him how things that seem human like, such as the movement that the actual Boston Dynamics robots make, doesn't mean they're anywhere close to actually thinking like a human. The thing is, when someone is outside of a field, it's easy to misunderstand things and assume a capability that's not there. If you've never dealt w
Cites tiagod · 2024-08 · on “Captain Disillusion debunks David Beckham beach kicks [video]”
> They made a video glorifying killing dogs and I was absolutely done with them. I suppose you're referring to this video? [this video] I don't see how it's glorifying killing dogs. The CGI robot is given the task of killing a CGI robotic dog, and it refuses the task and runs away with it.