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| The Atlas humanoid robot is just one of the Boston Dynamics stable of advanced robotic platforms acquired by Google. Photograph: Boston Dynamics |
Google’s recent acquisition of Boston Dynamics marks its eighth robotics purchase in the past six months, showing Google’s “moonshot” robotics vision is more than just a pet project.
Boston Dynamics is the most high-profile acquisition, however, instantly adding world-leading robotics capability, including robots that can walk all on their own, to Google’s arsenal – as well as significant links to the US military – conjuring images of Skynet and the artificial intelligence-led robot uprising straight out of the 1984 film The Terminator.
It seems to me, at least, that it is in-fact a robot that is much akin to one of those massive death-machines from MechWarrior. For those of you who are not aware of the games and books, I strongly recommend that you research this.
ReplyDeleteIf this "corporation" is building something like that, then they sure-as-Hell need to explain what they are doing, because this is not something that can be ignored.
Lindsey
IN-FACT, the "Atlas" was the largest of the 'mechs in the game, if I remember correctly, so for this prototype to be called "Atlas" gives my theory on what is happening a chilling perspective.
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