[Oratam]

In July 2022, a video of a rifle bolted to the back of a Unitree robodog went viral on social media, eventually leading Boston Robotics and other robot vendors to issue a pledge that October to not weaponize their robots (with notable exceptions for military uses). In April, we covered a Unitree Go2 robot dog, with a flame thrower strapped on its back, on sale to the general public.

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I know how this turns out. I recommend reading "Second Variety," a short story by Philip K. Dick.

[Axenolith]

Screamers was the movie, and it was pretty good. Naming it that didn’t help it any...

I posit that there are no movies based on Philip K. Dick books that are actually bad...

[bitt]

Thanks for this!

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32032/32032-h/32032-h.htm

SECOND VARIETY
BY PHILIP K. DICK