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[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

For operators managing multimillion-dollar server farms, the economics are compelling: a single human guard can cost around $150,000 per year, factoring in benefits and shifts. Robots, by contrast, draw power rather than paychecks.

They also require maintenance and have a 30% duty cycle.

"Machines never need a rest, get sick or take a break"

Confidently said by someone who has never worked in a factory.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

"Machines never need rest, get sick, or take a break. And my reference of machines is the phone that I replace every 6 months for the newer model."

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

No one is going to hesitate to blast a robot, even an actual dog would have a better chance against a determined attacker.

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

We all know those "cute" Boston Dynamics robots are going to be murdering people eventually, let's face it.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they are so stingy they won't even pay anyone to keep watch of their shit

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need emp guns now more than ever, clearly

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What kind of systems are these machines supposed to be carrying?

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They need to build more data centers to control the robots that guard the data centers.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

It's the loophole.

"Just one more ultra-hyper-mega-super-sophisticated datacenter! One more! Then everything will be fine. Perfect!”

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Okay, that was on me.

What kind of hardware systems will these robots carry? Will those be weaponized or just equipped with surveillance and alarm suites?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Let’s just nip this in the bud right now. There is nothing dog about these rattle droids.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We really are trying to Horizon Zero Dawn ourselves, huh?

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

More like Arc Raiders but ya

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

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