Robo Dog

[nightdog_barks]

Saw this on Twitter today -- one of the newest robot dog creations from Boston Dynamics.

On the one hand, I am awfully proud of this. I mean, human beings did this. For glorified lemurs, we're pretty darn smart. On the other hand ... holy shit. O_o

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[nightdog_barks]

I saw this illustration today on Twitter. No fur, but now it looks somewhat like a cross between a vacuum cleaner, a dog, and a duck. :D

And yes, and Alexa and Siri and whatever the other one is (Echo? no, it's something else but I can't remember what) are all vaguely worrying to me. I mean, they listen to everything. In a worst-case scenario, would I need to worry if I said the President is a moron and should be removed from office, if I said it in my own house? Or in a WORSE worst-case scenario, what happens if the Cloud ever goes away? A day when EVERYONE depends on Alexa, but you ask her a question and there's no answer. David Mitchell wrote a bit about that at the end of his book The Bone Clocks, and it wasn't pretty.

[srsly_yes]

It's the next generation Scooby-Doo. lol.

Well, think of the techno-rage that results when a computer crashes. Girlfriend could become the equivalent of your home's life support system, or even your own.

I mean, they listen to everything. In a worst-case scenario, would I need to worry if I said the President is a moron and should be removed from office, if I said it in my own house? Yes, yes you do. ;) But seriously, hackers must already be plotting ways to infiltrate the technology.