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mateus106/24/20253 repliesview on HN

MIT spinoff Google-owned Boston Dynamics pledged not to militarize their robots. Which is very hard to believe given they're backed by DARPA, the DoD/Military investment arm.


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arcticfox06/25/2025

This pledge would last five seconds in an actual conflict, if it makes it even that far.

jagger2706/24/2025

Militarize is just bad marketing. Call them cleaning machines and put them to work on dirty things.

paxys06/24/2025

Was owned by Google. Then Softbank. Now Hyundai.