Chris
Winchell Chung โ๐And so it begins...
Chris Mills@nyrath are they equipped with any kind of armaments?
I'm sure they can be. Just like the killer drones of Ukraine.
swope
FredKiesche ๐บ๐ฆ
Joe MansfieldIn Snow Crash they were called Rat Things but Iโve always got them mixed up in my head with Gibsonโs Slamhound reference.
Rat Things (Snow Crash)
The Rat Things (also spelled Rat-Things) are genetically-engineered dog-rat hybrid cybernetic organisms from the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Rat Things, also known as semi-autonomous guard units, were built to be the guard force for the 'Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong' franchise of city-states. Rat Things were invented by Mr. Ng, the owner and administrator of Ng Security Industries, who was severely handicapped after a helicopter accident in Vietnam and voluntarily had...
Jaime Robertson@FredKiesche @swope @nyrath This was the first thing I thought of too. Just looked up the quote.
Though Bradbury beat Gibson and Stephenson to it by a few decades, with the Mechanical Hound in Fahrenheit 451.
Digital Mark ฮป โ๏ธ ๐น ๐ฝ@nyrath Great, first the robots in the data center, then they maintain & keep the Humans out. Then Phase II begins.
Janie Karma S ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ฟ
The Enraged Raccoon@nyrath is there ANYTHING data centers do that isnโt evil?
synlogic4242@CrazyMooseThing @nyrath cat shenanigan video hosting
@nyrath this explains why a large naked man just emerged from an alley and asked me if I was Sara Connor
su_liam@synlogic4242 @nyrath Are you?
@synlogic4242 @nyrath โIโm John Connor,โ BLAM(the sound of a 40-watt phased plasma pulse into the robots brain core)
a writerEvery week techbros are spouting off some nonsense about "imminent" sapient AI and the Terminator films, and every other week they announce something as colossally stupid at this and I'm like
Agreed. Yet another example of the torment nexus.
Gerard Thomas@nyrath Yeeeeeeaaaa, but the world being the world, and mankind being quite good at the whole 'war' thing, itโll only be a short amount of time before a company comes up with some sort of man portable EMP gun and that'll be the end of these things. People seem to under underestimate or forget just how clever and determined people can be. Ukraine anyone?
Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D.@iamgerardthomas @nyrath 1500W inverter, lithium pack, guts of a microwave, repurposed Dishโข๏ธ antenna. Done, portable EM weapon.
Yes, Ukraine is a sleeping giant, awoken by an existential threat. Their rapidly evolving drone technology and drone tactical doctrine is now second to none.
Fitz Bushnell@nyrath Wow, one data center right here in Utah, in nearby West Jordan. If I see those dogs wandering around downtown, I'm heading the other direction.
Chuck
Patrick H. Lauke
Melissa 
xroThis is a great opportunity.....
For chinese hackers to remotely take over the dogs and wreck a competitors datacenter or russians to hack the dogs, attack some humans and influence an election.
And data centers become a more valid military target, when no civilians work there anymore.
Really, only the normal, moral, working and voting citizen is left behind feeling helpless
mike morris
Ben Hammond@nyrath
> And the robot obviously doesn't get sick or go on vacation and things like that."
lol, are they really saying that no maintenance is required?
I bet they turn out to be quite expensive things to operate
Fooker
Thorne Lawler
TormodI donโt think they are currently very well protected against glue or anything similarly sticky.
Annie, get your glue-gun!
El Dado Inquieto@nyrath Oh... Well, it's only a matter of time to have a serious incident involving innocent bystanders.