Skynet smiles……<\/p>\n
CHINA SHOWS OFF ROBOT DOGS ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military recently showed off numerous robot dogs outfitted with machine guns on their backs during the country’s biggest-ever drill alongside Cambodian troops, as\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/world\/archives\/2024\/05\/17\/2003818006\"><em>Agence France-Presse<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The terrifying gun-toting robodogs were part of a massive 15-day military exercise called “Golden Dragon” in a remote training center in central Cambodia and off the country’s coast.<\/p>\n<p>During the drill, journalists watched as staff took the robodogs for a walk \u2014 but reportedly never fired the machine guns strapped to their backs.<\/p>\n<p>It’s a dystopian vision of what the future of warfare could look like. Experts have long warned that the use of armed drones or “killer robots,” particularly autonomous ones, is an\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/san-francisco-cops-allowed-use-robots-kill-people\">ethical minefield<\/a>\u00a0that should be\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/russia-killer-robots-international-laws\">internationally banned<\/a>\u00a0from the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>But that hasn’t stopped\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/robot-battle-tank-blowing-up-cars\">military forces<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/san-francisco-cops-allowed-use-robots-kill-people\">even local enforcement<\/a>\u00a0in the US from investing in the tech while arguing that their use could\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/robot-dog-shot-three-times\">save human lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-k text-4 font-black lg:border-b border-gray-900 pb-1\">Follow the Leader<\/h2>\n<p>It’s not the first time we’ve come across quadrupedal gun-toting robots. Last year, the\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/army-rifle-robot-dog\">Pentagon announced<\/a> that the US Army is considering arming remote-controlled robot dogs with state-of-the-art rifles as part of its plan to “explore the realm of the possible” in the future of combat.<\/p>\n<p>A US-based military contractor called Ghost Robotics\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/10\/14\/22726111\/robot-dogs-with-guns-sword-international-ghost-robotics\">has already showed off such a robot dog<\/a>, outfitted with a long-distance rifle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, as far as Boston Dynamics’ popular\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/boston-dynamics-robodog-fur\">Spot Mini robot dog<\/a>\u00a0is concerned, the company has been adamant that strapping weapons to the robodog is against its terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>“We pledge that we will not weaponize our advanced-mobility general-purpose robots or the software we develop that enables advanced robotics and we will not support others to do so,” the company wrote in an\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/bostondynamics.com\/news\/general-purpose-robots-should-not-be-weaponized\/\">open letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skynet smiles…… CHINA SHOWS OFF ROBOT DOGS ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS The Chinese military recently showed off numerous robot dogs outfitted with machine guns on their backs during the country’s biggest-ever drill alongside Cambodian troops, as\u00a0Agence France-Presse\u00a0reports. The terrifying gun-toting robodogs were part of a massive 15-day military exercise called “Golden Dragon” in a remote … <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101950\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101954,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950\/revisions\/101954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military recently showed off numerous robot dogs outfitted with machine guns on their backs during the country’s biggest-ever drill alongside Cambodian troops, as\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/world\/archives\/2024\/05\/17\/2003818006\"><em>Agence France-Presse<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The terrifying gun-toting robodogs were part of a massive 15-day military exercise called “Golden Dragon” in a remote training center in central Cambodia and off the country’s coast.<\/p>\n<p>During the drill, journalists watched as staff took the robodogs for a walk \u2014 but reportedly never fired the machine guns strapped to their backs.<\/p>\n<p>It’s a dystopian vision of what the future of warfare could look like. Experts have long warned that the use of armed drones or “killer robots,” particularly autonomous ones, is an\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/san-francisco-cops-allowed-use-robots-kill-people\">ethical minefield<\/a>\u00a0that should be\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/russia-killer-robots-international-laws\">internationally banned<\/a>\u00a0from the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>But that hasn’t stopped\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/robot-battle-tank-blowing-up-cars\">military forces<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/san-francisco-cops-allowed-use-robots-kill-people\">even local enforcement<\/a>\u00a0in the US from investing in the tech while arguing that their use could\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/robot-dog-shot-three-times\">save human lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-k text-4 font-black lg:border-b border-gray-900 pb-1\">Follow the Leader<\/h2>\n<p>It’s not the first time we’ve come across quadrupedal gun-toting robots. Last year, the\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/army-rifle-robot-dog\">Pentagon announced<\/a> that the US Army is considering arming remote-controlled robot dogs with state-of-the-art rifles as part of its plan to “explore the realm of the possible” in the future of combat.<\/p>\n<p>A US-based military contractor called Ghost Robotics\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/10\/14\/22726111\/robot-dogs-with-guns-sword-international-ghost-robotics\">has already showed off such a robot dog<\/a>, outfitted with a long-distance rifle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, as far as Boston Dynamics’ popular\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/boston-dynamics-robodog-fur\">Spot Mini robot dog<\/a>\u00a0is concerned, the company has been adamant that strapping weapons to the robodog is against its terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>“We pledge that we will not weaponize our advanced-mobility general-purpose robots or the software we develop that enables advanced robotics and we will not support others to do so,” the company wrote in an\u00a0<a class=\"underline hover:text-the-byte hover:no-underline transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out\" href=\"https:\/\/bostondynamics.com\/news\/general-purpose-robots-should-not-be-weaponized\/\">open letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skynet smiles…… CHINA SHOWS OFF ROBOT DOGS ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS The Chinese military recently showed off numerous robot dogs outfitted with machine guns on their backs during the country’s biggest-ever drill alongside Cambodian troops, as\u00a0Agence France-Presse\u00a0reports. The terrifying gun-toting robodogs were part of a massive 15-day military exercise called “Golden Dragon” in a remote … <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=101950\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101954,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101950\/revisions\/101954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}