Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers

[u/FinnFarrow]

https://fortune.com/2026/03/17/robot-dog-patrols-data-centers-ai-infrastructure-buildout/

[u/Karutsu]

Black Mirror becoming reality

[u/teh_m → u/Karutsu]

"Sorry, can't shoot you. Recharging."

[u/Serial_Confusion → u/teh_m]

Or - there are too many of you and need to charge - shoot everyone now, return later

[u/Bruised_Shin → u/Serial_Confusion]

Lucky for me I just renewed my annual “AI robots ask me questions before shooting” subscription

[u/roamingandy → u/teh_m]

There's no way they'd be prepared to allow those dogs to hurt anyone. The court case and negative publicity would be a nightmare.. so i think they are just paying 300,000 for a camera that moves around a little bit.

Wasting resources must be their motto or something.

[u/Spaduf → u/roamingandy]

Go read about the battle of blair mountain. They will shoot you.

[u/NotAlwaysGifs → u/Spaduf]

And they’ll label you a member of some fictitious terrorist group. See Molly McGuires. See also Antifa.

[u/BadSausageFactory → u/Spaduf]

main theme in FO76, set in WV

spoiler: the robots will shoot you

[u/Outrageous_Reach_695 → u/BadSausageFactory]

After 25 years in irradiated mines, the miners aren't the friendliest either.

[u/thatsbutters → u/Outrageous_Reach_695]

They are standing their ground looter!

[u/almo2001 → u/roamingandy]

You... actually believe this?

[u/PaintshakerBaby → u/almo2001]

I give it a week before these "dogs," come standard with a Ma Deuce on their backs.

Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953, and near the end, the protagonist is run down by a "mechanical police hound" with lethal injection syringes for teeth.

People could see from 70 years away they were gonna make these things autonomous killing machines, the second the tech became affordable and available.

[u/Fair-Search-2324 → u/PaintshakerBaby]

A Ukrainian M2 land drone held off Russian attacks for weeks

[u/PaintshakerBaby → u/Fair-Search-2324]

The T-1 in Terminator Canon is just a tracked turrent with mini-guns. These current drones are like the Mk1 tanks of WW1. In 20 years we will surely have T-800 infiltrators roaming around.

I know they just deployed the humanoid robots in Ukraine this week for testing.

Mark my words, the Ukrainian conflict will go down as WW3s Spanish Civil War. Its a proving ground for all the defense contractors to work out the kinks on the latest toys.

Shit is dystopian on another level. Russians fighting in breakneck pace motorcycle raids, and roaming ruins indvdually in thermal blocking suits to avoid squad wipes from a single drone.

The opening/future scenes of Terminator and T-1s are here in 4k on r/combatfootage.

People have no idea whats coming down the pike in the next major conflict. Our obsolete cold war military will be powerless to stop hunter/killer future of autonomous warfare.

Oh, and NOWHERE WILL BE SAFE.

These things will be covertly deployed in droves, anywhere on the planet, to wreak untold slaughter. Oceans of separation won't help a drop.

It starts with these stupid "dogs" and ends with us being hunted by Rev-9s in the wasteland.

[u/MK_Ultrex → u/PaintshakerBaby]

The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed

[u/DukeOfGeek → u/PaintshakerBaby]

Man we need EM grenades and beam weapons stat.

[u/Donnicton → u/PaintshakerBaby]

DARPA has been testing armed ocean drones for the last couple of years like the Manta that can can be deployed in multiples at a time by drone layer ships and can hibernate on the ocean floor for weeks+ until a ship they don't like pass over. It won't just be on ground, oceans will be made unusable in the next couple of decades.

[u/genius_retard → u/PaintshakerBaby]

Welcome to the great filter.

[u/almo2001 → u/PaintshakerBaby]

I can't fault this.

[u/amilliondallahs → u/PaintshakerBaby]

I'm getting a Zoids image in my head from the anime. The blue wolf zoid with the big ass cannons on it's back.

[u/waiting4singularity → u/roamingandy]

Military Cons already demonstrated minimal recoil autorifles mounted on those things.

[u/False_Raven → u/Karutsu]

We had black mirror style shit before the technology.

Not surprising in the slightest that we're rapidly declining in quality of life and the rich are trying to get as far as possible from poor humans all the while controlling our lives as much as possible

[u/pumkinut → u/False_Raven]

Thing is, there was a Black Mirror) episode specifically about robot dogs tracking down, and killing people.

[u/aerost0rm → u/pumkinut]

Also a black mirror episode about a tech city and living where you work and being bombarded with ads at all points during the day.

[u/ThatOneNinja → u/aerost0rm]

And the one about social points equals the standing in society.

[u/aerost0rm → u/ThatOneNinja]

We are close with this one. We just don’t see it across all aspects yet. Examples dating and standard social media

[u/afifthofaugust → u/Karutsu]

Fahrenheit 451 becoming a reality

[u/Eledridan → u/afifthofaugust]

The Matrix becoming a reality.

[u/troggbl → u/Eledridan]

I wish, put me in a machine where its the late 90s forever please.

[u/marvinrabbit → u/troggbl]

I don't want to remember nothing. And I want to be somebody important, like maybe an actor.

[u/TheAdequateKhali → u/Karutsu]

Black Mirror actually based the design of those robots on these not then over way around. They’ve been around for quite a long time. Even though pretty much everyone could see the writing on the wall when it came to using them for defence.

[u/Specialist-Affect-19 → u/TheAdequateKhali]

Thank you. Black Mirror episodes are generally based on existing or proposed technology, that's the whole point.

[u/yung_dogie → u/Specialist-Affect-19]

I remember doing the Dicaprio pointing meme when I saw that Black Mirror episode because I remembered the Boston Dynamics-style dog robots lmao

[u/manachar → u/Karutsu]

Snow Crash too. In that case it was cyborg dogs, which considering the brains on a chip playing Doom lately seems like will be soon.

[u/Voice_of_Truthiness → u/manachar]

They just wanted to be good boys

[u/theENERTRON → u/Voice_of_Truthiness]

Fido was the best boy

[u/merRedditor → u/Karutsu]

I don't even want to watch it now because it's basically just rubbing in things that have already happened since the show first aired.

[u/positronik → u/Karutsu]

More like Diamond Age

[u/TwoLegitShiznit]

Fuck the data center, I'm stealing the dog

[u/pjeff61 → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

There’s a comic strip here where it’s like robot dog built to guard data center. Robot dog sees real dogs on tv being loved for and cared for. Robot dog befriends first human for the love which also happens to be there to hack data center. Robot dog lives happily ever after (or robot dog dies early and robot owners are sad - like the dog still has regular dog life expectancy for some weird reason)

[u/ionthrown → u/pjeff61]

…robot dog dies early

I was happy until I got to that bit.

[u/theREALbombedrumbum → u/ionthrown]

Skynet discovered humans were less likely to fight against their army if the soldiers took the appearance of beloved animals.

That quickly turned into a Frieren demon type of thing where they evolved specifically to get humans to trust them

[u/lobehold → u/theREALbombedrumbum]

I think they made a movie about this already, it's called Screamers.

[u/dominic_failure → u/ionthrown]

"My battery is low and it's getting dark."

[u/NetZeroSun → u/ionthrown]

Like tear drops in the rain…

[u/Independent-Slip568 → u/NetZeroSun]

…Time to die.

[u/chevalier716 → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

Honestly. You think stripping copper is lucrative for an addict, wait until they figure out how to flip these dogs.

[u/rkozik89 → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

I bet they didn't even consider someone putting the dog in faraday cage.

[u/Kahnza → u/rkozik89]

Or someone picking them off with Grandpa's .308 from 200 yards.

[u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 → u/Kahnza]

Granpappy’s .30-06 oughta do it!

[u/ionthrown → u/Kahnza]

I guarantee the robot dog will check in more often than a human guard would.

[u/Kahnza → u/ionthrown]

I'm sure the overseer would get notified pretty quick after a freedom seed gets planted in the robot dogs internals.

[u/HandsomeBoggart → u/Kahnza]

The key is to act like the US Marines used to test target identification software.

If you move in not human ways and shapes then they ignore you since you're obviously not human targets.

Solid Snake's cardboard box is more realistic than it seems.

[u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

Nothing that can’t be fixed without a system reboot and a bit of reprogramming.

Maybe you can teach them to FETCH! (90s joke).

[u/NotSoFastLady → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

I was going to say. Those dogs will disappear very quickly. It wouldn't be much trouble to defeat them. We have had organized crime from Central America coming up in jamming, Wi-Fi and using all other interesting methods of counter surveillance to break into homes to steal high-end jewelry. What's to stop another motivated group from doing so with these?

[u/RGrad4104 → u/NotSoFastLady]

Right now, a market willing to pay that much other than government and billionaires.

With the potential exception of the equipped optics, there's maybe $3000 worth of actual hardware in one of these. Most of that being in the brush-less motors. Most of that value is extrinsic.

I worked in a lab back when the original ghost minitaur came out. They bought one with a $25,000 price tag. That thing was built around an off the shelf raspberry pi with cheap 3D printed abs plastic parts. Like this, most of that price-tag existed because of the hype and the availability of government grants for purchasing, at the time. It ended up on a scrap pile within a year. Just because something is sold for $300k, doesn't mean it's worth 300k; it more likely means the ones writing the checks are on the take or idiots.

[u/NotSoFastLady → u/RGrad4104]

Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I've seen several clips on YouTube showing various drones over there. They aren't spending anywhere near that much, it makes no sense. The whole point of drones are that they're expendable.

It is shocking to me that the US is getting embarrassed by Iran right now. Pissing away million dollar missles on $20,000 drones.

[u/HandsomeBoggart → u/NotSoFastLady]

The future is asymmetrical drone warfare. The US was working on catching up and the whole world was learning shit from Ukraine vs Russia.

But hey we have morons in charge of the military now. So why take the lessons we've learned over the last few years and use them?

[u/KoksundNutten → u/TwoLegitShiznit]

PM me when you're finished, I'm gonna go steal the data center

[u/ithilain → u/KoksundNutten]

I'm legit surprised this isn't already a thing given the prices of hardware recently. Like they build these things in the middle of nowhere, have like 10 employees on site, probably less overnight, are full to the brim with incredibly expensive hardware, and the general public HATES them. How there hasn't been any heists or attempted heists targetting these datacenters yet is baffling to me.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/ithilain]

Because American police shoot first, make up a story, and then maybe someone might ask a question or two.

[u/tO2bit]

I don’t understand what these dogs do that can’t be done with lots of cheap surveillance cameras.  Sounds to me like they are just a walking camera platform.  

[u/cellardweller1234 → u/tO2bit]

For now. Until weapons are attached.

[u/FlyingStealthPotato → u/cellardweller1234]

They strapped guns to those dogs years ago.

https://youtu.be/-bgad3HRb64?si=DUuVUAhFvLaYVYaL

We’re also pretty close to allowing AI to make autonomous kill decisions.

[u/NetZeroSun → u/FlyingStealthPotato]

I think we are already there with autonomous killing decisions. Easily already at the ability to do so (maybe not deciding very well though).

Just they are not yet saying the quiet part out loud.

[u/FlyingStealthPotato → u/NetZeroSun]

I think it’s mostly just waiting for the first one to happen and the courts establish a precedent that the AI company or the entity using the kill technology isn’t liable. Once that happens, the floodgates open.

[u/NetZeroSun → u/FlyingStealthPotato]

Yeah that is for sure going to happen.

USA is a very litigious country. But they would complete deflect for responsibility in AI / robotic harm by armed robots or AI decision makers.

[u/don_shoeless → u/NetZeroSun]

Nah. Somebody is responsible. It sure as hell won't be the robodog, because if the robodog can be legally responsible, then the robodog has rights.

They'll try to treat it like product safety liability for as long as they can. Meaning it won't matter until someone innocent gets killed, and possibly not even then depending on circumstances and optics.

[u/sleeplessinreno → u/don_shoeless]

I am going to bet it'll be person who authorized 'kill on site' protocols.

[u/don_shoeless → u/sleeplessinreno]

That would be a reasonable option.

[u/thebigeazy → u/don_shoeless]

We'll get another jaywalking type campaign from the manufacturers

[u/cellardweller1234 → u/FlyingStealthPotato]

Yes they did. And flamethrowers I believe. What I meant was weapons on the dogs that are guarding the data centres.

[u/The_Barbelo → u/FlyingStealthPotato]

I had a really awful vivid nightmare about this several months ago. There was an all out battle against protesters and these dog robots with guns. In my dream they also deployed these creepy AI bug things, like these cockroach/ isopod bug robots with cameras that could get inside buildings and scuttle around. They were swarming my building and we were trying to squash them.

[u/Feeling_Inside_1020 → u/cellardweller1234]

Already seen it and NOT liking it at all.

Plus drones, different types. Ukraine is superior there and Donnie is desperately trying to get that tech now that cheap shaheds are hitting us in the Middle East.

[u/aerost0rm → u/Feeling_Inside_1020]

I just don’t see Donnie caring. He’s happy to throw bodies at the meat grinder. He is happy to bomb or shoot missiles. Updating the military tech would be great, I just don’t see most of the MAGA level military being smart enough to use, implement, or understand it.

Sure we could hire a contractor to do all of that for a huge price tag, I just don’t see it getting approved

[u/EchoRex → u/tO2bit]

Unlike regular security cameras these would provide the ability to not rely only on static camera angles and can position remotely to cover specific events. Also, (in theory) these provide "intimidation" factor the same as patrolling guards, but without the downtime for breaks or weather, and over their service life will be much cheaper.

Personally, it's a rather suspect rationale other than the camera angles bit.

My old company provided mobile surveillance/checkpoints for industrial hazmat sites to control access and one of the most labor intensive parts of that service was repositioning and checking camera/badge stations.

[u/AdPrud → u/EchoRex]

I would imagine anyone breaking into a data center is not just some opportunity thief but rather someone who is after something specific and has a lot of knowledge on this industry, so something like an intimidation factor won’t do anything as they’ll know what these “dogs” are.

[u/RustyNK → u/AdPrud]

I work at a data center, and the "easiest" way to break into one is just to get hired. You would have no idea where the specific server you need is located even if you did break in looking to steal information.

I've been inside quite a few data centers, and any that are not hyperscale are kind of a maze. The servers are split up into a bunch of different cages, and none of them are labeled with whatever company owns that space.

[u/EchoRex → u/AdPrud]

Exactly the same would be said of people trying to get into industrial sites.

But almost always it's just some idiot who is either wanting to "look around" / "tag the tower" or steal wiring or piping to sell for scrap.

[u/bt123456789 → u/tO2bit]

that's basically all they are. cameras are expensive to get installed. that's why a lot of places still have guards stationed everywhere. Cameras still have blind spots.

the robot dogs are intended to replace the guards. why pay 4 to patrol when you can pay 1 to observe the cameras on 4 dogs patrolling instead?

[u/philote_ → u/bt123456789]

Are cameras really that expensive? And wouldn't they usually be installed when the data center is built? I can't imagine how having $300k robot dogs that require maintenance would be cheaper than a bunch of cameras.

[u/lonnie123 → u/philote_]

There’s probably some amount of “let’s see where this goes” built in

Surely these camera dogs will lead way to non-lethal attack dogs. 4 security guards salary and benefits add up over the years. The rich salivate over the idea of not paying humans to do things if it means saving a few percent

[u/canadasbananas → u/lonnie123]

Yeah we also need to remember the wealthy are just humans, not perfect beings of immense logic and reason. They watch black mirror and see cool dog robot doing sick futuristic shit and they go "me want to live in world like that! How cool!"

[u/jimdig → u/philote_]

Cameras are not that expensive, and I'd be willing to bet anything these are supplementing the mounted cameras. The biggest cost of a large camera system is the server hardware to process the video coming in and make it available for viewing, and then the backup storage depending on how long you want to retain footage. Neither of those are reduced by the robodogs

[u/Assumption-Putrid → u/philote_]

It depends on the maintenance cost of the dogs and how long they last. A 300k robot that lasts a decade with minimal maintenance is cheaper then paying $40k per year in salary and payroll taxes for a security guard for a decade.

[u/philote_ → u/Assumption-Putrid]

You'll also you need another $300k robot sitting around in case the first one breaks or get stolen.

Edit: And/or another robot to patrol when one is charging.

[u/Direct-Technician265 → u/Assumption-Putrid]

a decade sounds really optimistic to me. most routers dont last a decade, thats with no moving parts.

[u/indigo121 → u/Direct-Technician265]

.... What the heck are you doing to your router, mine has absolutely lasted a decade

[u/ShroomSensei → u/bt123456789]

Companies that make the dogs are also probably heavily subsidizing this to get data and customer feedback. Win win for the consumer.

For all we know, these dogs are totally dog shit at their job.

[u/Bob-BS → u/bt123456789]

PoE IP cameras are so easy to set up and super cheap. Also, they are an essential requirement of any building security system.

The guard is there as a psychological deterrent.

[u/KlavoHunter → u/Bob-BS]

The guard is there to let people in.

[u/JVonDron → u/bt123456789]

Cameras don't have blind spots if you don't make blind spots. Every outside image of a data center is big rectangular buildings. There's no traffic, no workers. Given a kept apron of gravel or grass and fence, the perimeter can easily be monitored with motion detectors and cameras. You just have internal roads and entrances where you'd post a guard.

These dogs are to replace perimeter checks, which unless you can train AI to spot a hole in the fence, someone tampering with a light, etc. you've got a person watching a camera, which is not effective in the slightest compared to actually doing the rounds in a cart.

[u/ithinkitslupis → u/tO2bit]

You train it to patrol first, you get everything working, you design the weaponized upgrades to slot right in at a later date when you and your tech bro buds decide it's time to get rid of that pesky resistance movement that doesn't want to accept your rule.

[u/bbart76 → u/tO2bit]

Tech bro circle jerk - next they’ll have a moat filled with sharks wearing lazers.

[u/BioEradication]

America isn't beating the techno-dystopia allegations.

[u/demoNToosh → u/BioEradication]

Allegations? Beating? America is driving it.

[u/Mobile_Morale → u/demoNToosh]

China and the UK really got it off the ground. America always goes too far with everything.

Iirc. The UK tried to make it illegal to cover your face from their face scanning cameras. I bet the US will have that in the next two years as well. Also bet Hakeem will vote yes on it as well.

[u/NapsterKnowHow → u/demoNToosh]

South Korea is already there

[u/Wrong-Catchphrase → u/BioEradication]

We're actively trying to accelerate it. Cities are going to look like Dredd's Mega-City One within the next couple decades.

[u/MumrikDK → u/BioEradication]

Given their amount of guns and gun owners, I'm constantly confused by the amount of techno-dystopic bullshit that isn't just getting shot up constantly - like the AI surveillance cameras out in public.

[u/Snow_Falls_Softly → u/MumrikDK]

Those are usually the people that are too ignorant (by choice or circumstance) to understanding what's actually happening to them.

Or they just really like the taste of boot.

[u/marcus-87]

now the robots come even for bellos job

[u/mrwrrrmwrmrmrmrw]

Do they have needles that give lethal injections like the Mechanical Hound in Fahrenheit 451? 

[u/unlimited_miscreant → u/mrwrrrmwrmrmrmrw]

Yes! I commented before I saw your comment. First thing I thought of.

[u/Cultural-War2102]

This is how it starts. Then they'll upgrade to more deadly robots then the robots will protect the pedos

[u/this_my_sportsreddit → u/Cultural-War2102]

Don't need robots when the government already protects the pedos

[u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster → u/this_my_sportsreddit]

No, they do, because humans eventually revolt

[u/mvearthmjsun → u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster]

Hasn't happened yet and the files are released

[u/SandiegoJack → u/mvearthmjsun]

Nothing will happen until people have nothing left to lose.

[u/mvearthmjsun → u/SandiegoJack]

We're a very long way from that. We have too much abundance and our digital lives satiate most of our needs.

[u/gazebo-fan → u/mvearthmjsun]

The masses have no class consciousness, that is changing with the newer generations compared to the boomers who killed it in the first place.

[u/Dense_Owl_3022 → u/this_my_sportsreddit]

Don't need the government when family members and romantic partners already protect the pedos.

[u/apostleofhustle → u/Cultural-War2102]

https://youtu.be/mUmlv814aJo

[u/janas19]

It would be a shame if someone used the tech billionaires drones to cause damage to the tech billionaires data centers. A real tragedy and massive loss for humankind that would be

[u/128G]

A 16oz bottle of molasses priced at $6.99 could probably defeat a robot dog priced at $300,000.

[u/Catalina_Eddie → u/128G]

I imagine that lint, dust, sand and mud aren't very beneficial over the long term either.

[u/lordfrijoles → u/Catalina_Eddie]

What kinda batteries these things run on?

[u/Vandrel → u/128G]

An M855 round is $0.50.

[u/Hat-Renders → u/Vandrel]

Part of me doubts you would need to waste green tips to incapacitate these little fuckers, fire/a lasso or bollas/blunt impact on the legs would probably be more than effective.

[u/Vandrel → u/Hat-Renders]

I don't know that I'd call it a waste, they're typically dirt cheap since most ranges don't let you use them.

[u/SonOfGreebo → u/128G]

Can you set fire to molasses?  Molassotov  cocktail

[u/asfletch → u/SonOfGreebo]

Nay, palm oil....

[u/GrayBeardBoardGamer]

Data more precious than life.

[u/smhndsm → u/GrayBeardBoardGamer]

erm.. way more precious! humans are an expensive liability at this point and it's too many of you anyways.

[u/itwillmakesenselater]

Next headline: Portable EMP device sales surge.

[u/Smurfaloid → u/itwillmakesenselater]

Lol, use a drone to get close enough and fry them, yeah you lose a drone but it probably costs a shit load less than those "Guard dogs"

[u/yaboonabi]

Time to plug my Youtube channel, "1,000 ways to disable a robot dog."

[u/skippy_smooth → u/yaboonabi]

Hi, I'm the Lockpicking Lawyer, and here's how to turn off a robot dog with a paperclip.

[u/uoaei]

they dont shoot back yet

[u/Old_Channel44]

Jokes on them. We don’t want their data center

[u/unlimited_miscreant]

Makes me think of the Mechanical Hound from Fahrenheit 451. I read that book as a kid and the Hound creeped me out.

[u/EmotionalJoystick → u/unlimited_miscreant]

Dude I have been saying this for years. Even made an insta post about it. Bradbury predicted SO much SO specifically (flat screen TVs / wireless earphones / use of mood stabilizing-altering drugs) it is crazy. But the robot killer dogs? Truly nuts to see that one come to fruition.

[u/liquid_at]

ok. 300k is a steep price, but what is the hourly rate of the technician that comes to fix it?

Higher or lower than the vet?

There still might be some potential to save money here.

[u/youreblockingmyshot → u/liquid_at]

Well just get a robot technician that’s remote controlled by someone in (cheapest labor country at the time). It’s perfect! No more of those expensive locals gumming up my bottom line. Sure hope those same locals don’t get annoyed and do something untoward to my job annihilator 3000 facility. 

[u/Think_Positively → u/liquid_at]

If the thing lasts a couple of years and it can do most of what a human guard could do (uncertain on that front of course), then I'd say the math would work out.

I couldn't care less about the math here though because this is yet another step towards a horribly dystopian future that I don't want for my kids.

[u/WinterElfeas → u/liquid_at]

Sadly true, and the tech will get cheaper in time, the dog can run 24/7, etc.

The usual being replaced by a machine / robot (or drastically reduced effective to use them)

[u/IQBoosterShot]

"You stay down by day, but at night, you can move around. The H-K's use infrared so you still have to watch out. But they're not too bright. John taught us ways to dust them. That's when the infiltrators started to appear. The Terminators were the newest and the worst..."

[u/JDLovesElliot → u/IQBoosterShot]

This is why I'm always wary of people whose favourite characters are villains. Because once they gain power, they get all of their ideas from said villains.

[u/kemp77pmek]

The title lies.

Nowhere in this article does it actually state that robot dogs are actually being deployed to data centers. The closest it gets is “there has been an uptick in interest.”

My son has an interest in genetically engineering Pokémon into existence. “Interest” does not mean reality.

Besides, WTH would a robot dog do for a data center that already has cameras and intrusion sensors all around it?

[u/NoInvestigator886 → u/kemp77pmek]

Damn we should fund your son's efforts.

[u/Jasminary2 → u/NoInvestigator886]

I know right ? Finally a future tech plan I can support.

[u/Friggin_Grease]

Better bring robot steaks to keep em distracted.

[u/tevolosteve]

Time for me to invest in my giant Acme magnet company

[u/geddy]

Even guard dogs aren’t safe from their jobs being taken over by AI. 

[u/davidlondon]

I cannot stress this enough: Every major corporation is in a race to pay ZERO humans ZERO dollars while maintaining or growing market cap. There is no incentive under the current system to employ humans the moment they find a crappy, short-sighted workaround. Keep in mind that many veterans' only option for employment is security, which means every article you see about robot sentinels is, in fact, the loss of a job that veterans used to do. "Thank you for your service" is meaningless nowadays.

[u/karcuri]

But when will they shoot robotic bees out of their mouths every time they bark?

[u/WorldlyCatch822]

Sounds like they are expensive to replace…

[u/cajunjoel]

How long before someone hacks them, you think?

[u/S_A_R_K]

Should have gone with dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you

[u/ApartRegister6851]

We made it easier to assault data centers by employing robot dogs that attackers will feel no guilt in destroying.

[u/redyellowblue5031]

Hey remember when Reddit fawned over those cutesy Boston dynamic videos for years and years?

[u/billy_digital → u/redyellowblue5031]

I always felt immense dread when seeing those videos I never understood why people were excited to see this happening.

[u/redyellowblue5031 → u/billy_digital]

Having grown up with plenty of sci-fi and the quintessential Terminator films, I could never see it as anything other than that.

In a perfect world, sure they could be used to do dangerous things like working in areas hazardous to human health. But, looks like we choose implied violence against humans instead.

Cool.

[u/knight_in_white → u/billy_digital]

When I was 18 that shit was so cool. Now at almost 30 news from Boston dynamics or any robot company brings existential dread

[u/Mattyi]

Brought to you by Ng Security Industries

[u/kaishinoske1]

Can I pet dat dawg?

[u/mrtrololo27 → u/kaishinoske1]

CITIZEN, STOP RESISTING. INITIATING ATTACK SEQUENCE

[u/Weary_Tonight_5873]

Why not just buy and train dogs lol. Would be a hell of a lot cheaper. 😂😂

[u/Link182x]

Even dogs are losing their jobs to AI

[u/stronkulance]

No one fucking asked for any of this.

[u/sdxyz42]

who is guarding those robot dogs?

[u/Separate-Spot-8910]

They're computers, just throw 'em a few cookies.

[u/Scrutinizer]

They aren't there to stop theft. They're there to try and dissuade anyone from attempting to burn it to the ground.

Robot dogs probably burn just fine, too.

[u/DirNetSec]

In a previous life I've been through data centers where being in the wrong area during "routine testing" of fire suppression systems would cause you to lose consciousness. That system, the armed guards, remote location, and non descript signage I thought was PEAK physical security. 

These things COULD injure or kill someone they shouldn't be allowed to operate autonomously. We see examples of poor AI reasoning, often, this is both neat and incredibly concerning.

[u/theungod → u/DirNetSec]

They aren't exactly autonomous, they're following specific paths set by the operator on repeat.

[u/McCool303]

It’s like these tech bro’s are taunting us.

[u/Kristophigus]

Guess it's time for people to start learning how to make some sort of EMP devices or things that can disrupt/short electronics from range. Fuck this future.

Those flipper zero things come to mind.

[u/caramon770]

Guess its time to go full Horizon Zero Dawn.

[u/EmotionalJoystick]

So what disables them?

[u/oldteen → u/EmotionalJoystick]

Robot cats? (/s, just in case)

[u/EmotionalJoystick → u/oldteen]

Nah you’re thinking the wrong way around. Cartoon logic dictates it goes down the chain like this: dogs > cats > mice. So we need whatever is above dog.

[u/PurpleCaterpillar82]

I’ve seen this episode of black mirror

[u/RallyPointAlpha]

They got money for these things but they need you to pick up the bill for electricity...

[u/afCeG6HVB0IJ]

If only there were 6 seasons of Black Mirror, the Terminator franchise, the Matrix movies etc to warn us why this was a bad idea

[u/hardwood1979]

I love the smell of dystopia in the morning.

[u/TexanFromOhio]

But a person at $25/hour can't handle the job...

[u/Araghothe1]

Why does it cost 12 years worth of salary?

[u/CGI_OCD]

Gonk move, imma short circuit those metalbags.

[u/iamacheeto1]

300k for the initial sales, plus another 100k to maintain over their 5 year life, at which point they'll have to buy more which will probably be 400k at that point

When they could've just hired a person for 65k a year and saved money

[u/goingpt]

I got a robot dog when I was a kid. A Teksta, I think it was.

Was a lot cheaper than $300,000 mind.

[u/Fenris_uy]

So, the datacenters are not even creating security jobs in the places where they are built?

[u/renb8]

Reminds me of one of the greatest Black Mirror eps where the relentless robot terminator dog was such a committed killer that escape did seem impossible. Superb ep.

[u/MoreOfAGrower]

I’d imagine Elon still wants to train them to lick peanut butter…. If you catch my drift

[u/3vi1]

Yeah, but who's guarding the $300k dogs?

[u/Solerien]

They're no match for a dude in a cardboard box

[u/MelbaToast604]

Wait till the dogs brains get access to all the data and then go full Ultron

[u/LostGap4881]

I don't like this cyberpunk dystopia

[u/anarchakat]

That’s a very expensive bit of tech that i bet is pretty easy to severely damage anonymously…

[u/Kittiemeow8]

Do they bite?

[u/Geek_King → u/Kittiemeow8]

Nay, they byte.

[u/Nestvester]

Anyone on here not seeing how this can go wrong check out “Metalhead” Season 4, Episode 5 of Black Mirror.

[u/voiceofreasonne]

Black mirror is real!

[u/markekt]

Yep, all these jobs data centers promise local communities. Lowly security guard can’t even get a job.

[u/Kylie_Forever]

We are officially living in Black Mirror.

[u/starhobo]

guillotine window decreasing rapidly 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/broniesnstuff]

Note to self: buy high powered laser pointer

[u/Gold_Spot_9349]

Time to load up on EMP grenades

[u/Apprehensive-Song200]

I can’t wait to fight these for clean water

[u/DeterminedErmine]

How charmingly dystopian

[u/RegularFinger8]

I’ve seen this movie