Well, yet another milestone has occurred, the army is now ready to deploy a roughly dog-shaped robot that can function as a pack animal for soldiers in the field. The initial version of this robot is going to be controlled remotely, but later versions will rely on their own artificial intelligence to navigate them around the battlefield. The army hopes to offload 100 lbs from the backs of the soldiers and onto the back of this robot who knows no fear, and will not bolt during a firefight.

I can’t possibly see how this could go wrong for us. Except, well, ever see that movie Red Planet? They had a similar robot, designed to help them cope with the hostile environment on mars. It eventually tried to kill them….

Does this robot look familiar?

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