Introducing the Dogs Of War!

Hundreds of these 'war dogs' (see film below) will be ready to go to war soon. From a bunker back in Virginia, the controller deciding which targets the dog has sighted are worthy kills won't be using a keyboard or a mouse. He or she will be able to think where the war dog goes and who it kills. Bluetooth in the brain. With the help of its distant instructor, it will learn over time to decide for itself when to kill.( I very much doubt that it will be able to decide on the right target when the U.S troops themselves frequently cause, so-called friendly fire on our British soldiers in Iraq, how the hell can a robot decide?!)

All these things were science fiction, today, next year, they are reality.

I'm still not sure which demonstration is more disturbing. The hopping test, where it shows it can easily leap a wall. Or the rock test, where it just keeps coming at you. You can't kick it over. If you manage to knock it down, it will just get back up again, and they are designed to carry weaponry up to 300Ibs in weight.

i09 has a few more clips of the 'war dog'. Creepy stuff indeed if you feel uneasy about the rise of robot armies. Watch it coming through the woods, and righting itself after slipping on ice. It looks like it was modeled on two men bending over from the waist, facing each other. These clips are already a year or two old. Do you wonder what it's capable of doing now?

I am still eagerly awaiting future footage of the War Dogs carrying weaponry. The major problem with this type of technology is that the user, will kill people without any feelings of guilt, or appropriate decision-making. It will be as surreal as playing a video game on the Xbox 360! But if they plan on 'teaching' the robots to kill autonomously, then even more 'innocent civilians' will be killed in the future. Does anyone remember AMIE, the automated robot dog in the film, RED PLANET? The robot malfunctioned and killed all the allies. How many innocents will have to die before they remove them from the war, and what if they go missing? Or what happens if, or when, they are stolen by the enemy? Will we see terrorist suicide bombing war dogs? Can't wait!

That buzzsaw sound can easily slip into your nightmares. Welcome to the future of War!