arkmundi
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Google owns the future boys!Not satisfied with buying seven robotics companies in the past six months, Google has added the creator of the BigDog robot, Boston Dynamics, for an undisclosed sum... Boston Dynamics has developed a number of robots apparently inspired by animals, such as BigDog, Cheetah, and WildCat. It is also working on humanoid robots, with Atlas and Petman featuring on its YouTube video channel...
chvidgov.bc.ca said:I imagine Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave as the brave new world of AI automatons who kill becomes a grim reality on the Pentagons map of the future. Count me sleepless.
chvidgov.bc.ca said:... The brave new world of AI automatons...
Like the name, but I'm thinking it has different modes like "goose", "finger" and "fist-in-the-balls." The fist in particular will have the guys screaming!footloose said:Call it the "Christmas Goose", and get it to market before next Black Friday.
The patent describes "an anthropomorphic device, perhaps in the form factor of a doll or toy, [that] may be configured to control one or more media devices."
Google Creepy Toy Patent"Upon reception or a detection of a social cue, such as movement and/or a spoken word or phrase, the anthropomorphic device may aim its gaze at the source of the social cue," the patent continues (eep!)
arkmundi said:Yea, its Boston Dynamics for DARPA. I'm sure the boys will find a way to weaponise* their new toy.