cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 hours agoThe ones at Mar-A-Lago are unarmed. My approach to the armed ones, particularly the TASER-equipped ones used by some US law enforcement departments, would be very different.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours agoThey are also not autonomous. They have armed secret service agents very nearby. If the sensors on the dog alert them, trigger happy armed guards will come.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 hours agoThat’s assuming I actually look like a threat, rather than someone infatuated with the weird robot dog. It’s a golf park full of rich old people. I bet the dog-hecklers will come dozens per hour.
The ones at Mar-A-Lago are unarmed.
My approach to the armed ones, particularly the TASER-equipped ones used by some US law enforcement departments, would be very different.
They are also not autonomous. They have armed secret service agents very nearby. If the sensors on the dog alert them, trigger happy armed guards will come.
That’s assuming I actually look like a threat, rather than someone infatuated with the weird robot dog.
It’s a golf park full of rich old people. I bet the dog-hecklers will come dozens per hour.