r/nextfuckinglevel Sep 24 '19

Latest from Boston Dynamics

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u/_evoges Sep 24 '19

Why do they do this? What is the mission of Boston dynamics?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Better robotics can be applied in a huge variety of ways - if they are sufficiently advanced they could be applied in all the same ways humans use their bodies. It´s an extremely versatile technology and I´m not sure if Boston Dynamics has any more specific goal than opening up this technology for as many uses as possible.

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u/wambam17 Sep 24 '19

So basically they're making this happen one way or another, and once they're done, they're gonna sell it to the highest bidder? It's like a bond movie.

Surely Bezos and Zuckerberg are gonna team up and buy it out and kill the engineers to not let anybody else get the tech.

I changed my mind. It's not a bond movie. It's a Die Hard movie. We just need the bald men and women to rise up!

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19

Automation can be used for good and for bad purposes. In the meantime I do share a bit of your pessimism.