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[–] [email protected] 98 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Testing armed robot dogs in the Middle East instead of the US is pretty telling.

Can't be accidentally murdering Americans with a software glitch.

[–] _stranger_ 56 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Really has a strong "testing in production" vibe

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"testing in production"

OceanGate-style.

@[email protected] 😏

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh hell this one is even worse than OceanGate

[–] beebarfbadger 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Don't worry, no danger of killing real people in the Middle East. All the "collateral damage" will be brown people, not Americans. They'll have all the kinks ironed out and will make sure that the AI doesn't hurt white targets before the technology is distributed to every national police district.

I wish this post even deserved a /s.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which is wild when you add perspective using facts like the police in the US are less disciplined than troops overseas and tbe US still uses substances banned by the Geneva Convention on its civilian population. So if even the US wwon't test it on their own people, it's bad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Listen, the Geneva convention only specifies what we can't use on enemies, okay? As long as the targets are technically friendlies, it's fair game!

[–] PapstJL4U 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

GC is for war and soldiers are combatants and not criminals by default (switching can happen easily). As an example Hollowpoint against criminals is okay as it can protect surrounding bystanders.

It's a bit weird, but for countries war is different from domestic problems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Is that not what I said but less tongue-in-cheek?

[–] Dainterhawk999 1 points 4 months ago

/s funnily stats that is actually true

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 4 months ago

"Accidentally."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

"Testing facility" in Gaza, just like how Israel do.