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Date Posted: Wed, Jun 02 2021, 11:15:44 PDT
Author: Don Poss
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 83.229.32.157
Subject: K-9 MWD/Sentry Dogs and ROBOTS

Robot Dogs -- very cool -- but...

Will IT carry my helmet, lick my face, or strike terror in the heart of sappers in the wire? Will IT block my path refusing to let me walk in to a waiting deadly snake, be extra vigilant when he knows I'm sick; set at heel while sharing my poncho in a monsoon, or Attack a battalion firing automatic weapons and RPGs; patrol silently while quartering a post for hours, or understand the guy stepping out of a bunker to take a wiz is not Ho Chi Minh, or save the lives of 10,000 US. troops? Or willingly give it's circuit-boards ("life") to save yours?
OR
Is the Robot only as good as its programming algorithms and macros? Will ITs gears lock-up when a twig clogs it, or decide the good-guys are the bad-guys if they're dressed similarly? Will IT know what to do when the guy (tech Handler) on the other side of the world working the joy-stick stands up for a stretch; or obey basic hand commands in the dark, like Sit, Down, Watch, Attack, or simply be a friend? Will IT run through mental-rain to stand guard over a wounded Airman? Will there be any "connection" at all between the tech-handler or vice-versa, the Robot Dog?

There are countless other what-ifs, like, what-if a Robot Airman comes online...will IT be worth its C-Rats or MREs? Will it give away your position by its AI deciding IT should stand up? Or, like my old Prius, will IT just decides IT's no longer what you thought IT was (a car/robot), at the worst moment?

I'm all for tech advancements. We are a long ways from Star Trek's "Data" character--or driverless cars for that matter.
What if the bad guys Hack the Robot, and IT suddenly works for them: will you ever trust it?

Just a few thoughts.

Don Poss

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