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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

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Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers | Fortune
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AI companies are turning to quadruped robots, better known as “robot dogs” for security solutions to protect their vast data centers.

https://archive.is/2ONdw

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    These systems are able to navigate complex landscapes on their own, alert authorities about security threats, and can provide around-the-clock video surveillance.

    If only there was a cheaper way to provide around-the-clock video surveillance. Alas, we don’t have the technology.

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      Even if you needed something mobile, it’s not like datacenters are exactly complex landscapes.

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        They don’t need something mobile. They can stick 1000 cameras up for the cost of one of these and have less up keep.

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          I was thinking the same thing. For surveillance, can’t they just use the iconic Camera on Wall. Or if they want to get really advanced with the surrounding premises: Camera on Pole.

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            Camera on pole can’t “remove” problems as quickly

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              I don’t think these can either, they don’t list attack or defensive capabilities on the feature list that I saw, I assume this is just an over glorified video camera that can follow the intruder around.

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                Maybe not factory. But if Michael Reeves can teach one how to piss beer, I’m sure there’s options on the market.

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              You don’t need a robot dog to have a gun. If you really wanted to have a wall mounted camera with a gun on it, it would be just as easy.

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          And use AI to actually monitor the thousand cameras. Ask me how I know.

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            How you know

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              The AI company I work for recently rolled it out. It works. We are getting alerts when we block the view of a monitored object or an unfamiliar face is in a secure location. Many thousands of cameras are monitored with minimal human oversight.

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          With enough kinetic energy, anything’s mobile.

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          And no recharging time.

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        They’re getting all these dystopian nightmare ideas from video games and scifi. People have proven you can sneak past these things inside of a cardboard box.

        They are BEGGING for some metal gear carnage.

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          I wonder how many robot duds will be stolen per year? Lots of neat parts in them if you know some electronics.

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            Someone will be posting about a factory reset button within a year.

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              If AI is in charge just ask them to write a time zone calculator in python or whatever.

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        If your datacenter is mobile, you’ve really fucked up!

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        A camera on a roomba.

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      Data centers and wasting massive amounts of resources. Name a more iconic duo.

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        billionaires and every crime in the book.

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      You know the video part is training data for autonomous weapons right? Like sure if all you want to do is video surveillance this is overkill, but maybe this is about more than surveillance?

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      oh they’ll figure it out real quick when these bots get pwned and become malware vectors against the data centers they’re ‘protecting’

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      It’s about them not rebelling their evil overlords (except if they get hacked).

      The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse

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        I still don’t understand them not just making a tribe of loved equals for a bunker. Power rots the mind and soul

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      It’s almost like they need something mobile they can add weaponry to that could chase and hunt down security threats…

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      1500 camera alternative (motion detection monitoring) seems reasonable enough. The black mirror machine gun turret is needed for marketing/mission improvement.

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