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DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC LAWNMOWERS THAT HUNT DOWN HUMANS?
Speaking of robots ...
ITEM [via Warren Ellis]: The Department of Defense has put out a call: design a pack of robots to "search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject."
Each robot has to weigh 100 kilograms or less, act autonomously (with a human squad leader), negotiate obstacles, and provide immediate feedback. Here’s the fun part:
Genius. What could possibly go wrong?
Open season,
This is dF
ITEM [via Warren Ellis]: The Department of Defense has put out a call: design a pack of robots to "search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject."
Each robot has to weigh 100 kilograms or less, act autonomously (with a human squad leader), negotiate obstacles, and provide immediate feedback. Here’s the fun part:
The robots would report back to a human operator, and defer to that human when the robot AI determines that a "difficult decision" is required.
Genius. What could possibly go wrong?
Open season,
This is dF