{"id":302798,"date":"2021-07-19T20:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dancing-robots-arent-scary-you-clearly-dont-understand-murder\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:53:24","slug":"dancing-robots-arent-scary-you-clearly-dont-understand-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dancing-robots-arent-scary-you-clearly-dont-understand-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dancing robots aren&#8217;t scary, you clearly don&#8217;t understand murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Dancing robots aren&#8217;t scary, you clearly don&#8217;t understand murder<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Anytime \u201cSkynet\u201d is trending on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, and there isn\u2019t a movie about a gubernatorial time-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing robot being announced, it can only mean one thing: the mainstream saw a robot sneeze or something and everyone\u2019s running around in circles screaming that the sky is falling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine what AI powered machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Dynamics machines flawlessly and soulfully dancing in rhythm. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1PHmurRo1k\">pic.twitter.com\/1PHmurRo1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValaAfshar\/status\/1416459344342831112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why is this scary? I feel like I missed a memo. Did alien overlords come down and declare that all future combat would be settled via dance-offs between robots and humans over the weekend?<\/p>\n<p>Because, if that\u2019s not what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened, the thousands of you freaking out over this are just being silly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1361154 size-full js-lazy\" alt=\"Screenshot of Twitter trending topics\" width=\"933\" height=\"568\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874.jpg 933w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-280x170.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-444x270.jpg 444w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-222x135.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-796x485.jpg 796w\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1361154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Twitter trending topics\" width=\"933\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874.jpg 933w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-280x170.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-444x270.jpg 444w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-222x135.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/07\/trending-e1626714398874-796x485.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Sorry to crap on your \u201cjokes,\u201d <i>everyone <\/i><span>on Twitter, but every time Boston Dynamics teaches a robot to dance or do gymnastics you people tweet storm the same thing: oh no! It\u2019s the end!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And you don\u2019t have to be an AI expert to understand that\u2019s not the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s as though these dance videos have subliminal messages that hypnotize the public into forgetting simple facts. Atlas, the robot in question, isn\u2019t new. It\u2019s been around since 2013 and Boston Dynamics regularly releases videos of it imitating human movements. In fact, the video people are reacting to is about a year old. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As cool as Atlas is, its current claim to fame is that it\u2026 <\/span><i>doesn\u2019t fall down when it does things that humans can typically do. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>More importantly: we already have fully-autonomous killer robots. The difference between a Predator drone and Atlas-the-dancing-robot, is that the Predator drone can fly as fast as a jet and carries nearly 4,000lbs of munitions.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0Everything you need to know about the drone used by the US to assassinate an Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In all fairness though, I have no idea if the Predator can dab.<\/p>\n<p>The reason people fear Atlas but don\u2019t get on Twitter every single day to shriek about the possibility of Predator drones attacking us is quite simple: drones don\u2019t look like people so we trust them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is nothing. In a few years, that bot will move so fast you\u2019ll need a strobe light to see it. Sweet dreams\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MYNixQXMw\">https:\/\/t.co\/0MYNixQXMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/934888089058549760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Five years ago, this expert said \u201cin a few years\u201d these machines would move faster than the human eye can track. To date, it\u2019s pretty much just gotten better at dancing.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing Atlas can do that a human can\u2019t is take a few bullets without screaming \u201couch.\u201d It falls down just like people do, it\u2019s not shock proof, it\u2019s only as smart as it\u2019s been trained to be, and it weighs less than 200lbs. You\u2019re not mounting a rail gun on this thing, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>In other words: it\u2019s about as dangerous as a police officer or soldier. In a fight between Atlas and a Predator drone, the only way Atlas wins is if it breaks into the hangar while the Predator is charging.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, a DJI drone hovering a meter above Atlas\u2019 head with a bucket of oil could probably put the big bot on its butt. This isn\u2019t a knock against Boston Dynamics, that\u2019s just the way the physical universe works.<\/p>\n<p><em>Humans are not the ultimate physical killing machine<\/em>. When it comes to making a murder bot, we\u2019re a crappy base design to start with. We don\u2019t fly, we\u2019re among the slower predators on Earth, and our only real biological advantage is our brains.<\/p>\n<p>Check the video below to get a gander at what a real killer robot might look like in the near future:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slaughterbots\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9CO6M2HsoIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0A beginner\u2019s guide to the AI apocalypse: Killer robots]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Using something like Atlas to subjugate humans doesn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense unless you\u2019re writing a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>-fiction\u00a0story and you need the humans in your tale to fight an enemy they can defeat with sticks and stones.<\/p>\n<p>It would be flat-out stupid for a billionaire, government, or even a sociopathic megalomaniac hellbent on world domination to roll out an army of robots that were <i>almost<\/i> as agile as a human.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, in 20 or 30 years Atlas will be stronger, faster, and more intelligent. But it still won\u2019t be as well-suited for murdering humans as an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/robot-tanks-china\/\">autonomous tank<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flightglobal.com\/military-uavs\/general-atomics-teases-new-addition-to-its-portfolio-of-air-launched-effects\/143847.article\">a drone<\/a>, or a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13523260.2020.1771508\">landmine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rest-assured people, there are far more dangerous AI technologies for the general public to worry about than dancing robots. Could Atlas be used to hurt people? Absolutely. 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