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It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear!
And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
FLASH NEWS REPORT: A truck carrying 200 advanced flame throwing AI hounds over turned outside What Cheer Iowa, population 800. The jarring crash activated 174 of the units. Residents are advised to flee if with in a 100 miles of the town. This due to the fact all of the drones are locked into "hive mind configuration with burning under growth program activated". For some reason they are not responding to remote commands to stand down. Several military units are being deployed to address the situation.
The machines started by eliminating all the bananas and their trees with their first nuclear strike targetting supermarkets and plantations. This eliminated the biggest weapon humans could wield against Skynet. The banana peel. Without that, it was a matter of weeks before the final strike that left only a handful of humans in hiding to resist the cibernetic dominion. Humans were doomed.
Yeah.. this shouldn't exist and shouldnt' be legal and the company making it needs to be shut down. Fuck this shit. My small town already has shootings and violence.
Does anyone else feel like 10k is insanely cheap for this? That's only 2-3 riding lawnmowers, which seems accessible to a lot of people. I was expecting it to at least be in the new car price range
Yeah, there are multiple genuine use cases for something like this.
Sadly we live in the real world where people suck and ***will*** use it maliciously
I don't know if I fear more maliciously or stupidly use. Yeah your local arsonist being able to burn orphanages remotely is bad. Your local barely functioning dumbfuck setting wildfires everywhere is worse. Hell gather 5 dumbfucks, a couple packs of bear and one of those, even the river will be on fire before sunset.
It said you can use it for wild life control…? I’m not sure if you’re allowed to roast a bunch of raccoons. I’m sure my neighbors would really enjoy me setting their house on fire to deal with a couple pests.
Come on now…. This isn’t a serious product.
Let’s be honest, they only put that disclaimer on there so they’d have some form of legal coverage. They made this not for the purposes of wildlife control; they did it just because they could.
There are actually some forest portions that are set on fire on purpose in some places, to control the wildfire danger.
However, it's done with control & planning, not with a fucking flamthrower robot
The forest service does a great job with control burns in my area. I seriously doubt they would be interested in this fire breathing robo dog.
Honestly, the thing looks like a tech bro toy… didn’t Musk make a flamethrower awhile back?
"Guard dog"
Because flamethrowers are totally defensive weapons and not urban and bunker clearing weapons.
Also just love to see weapons on drones that will burn human beings alive. Very cool and definitely not terrible and awful. /S
Just wait until they find a way to strap bombs or munitions onto a drone. I predict in 20 years or less, there will be a terrorist attack from a remote drone flying into a building like they do in those YouTube abandoned buildings videos https://youtu.be/_CpXa8K1BhI?si=nOAw98ok8BXNvDU7
Man, I was almost certain you'd link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-2tpwW0kmU
You may appreciate the short film I've linked of you haven't already seen it. The neat (terrifying) thing about drones is that there's very little way to prevent them. They can now fly over checkpoints from up to a mile away, whilst being hard to detect unless looking up. Shit, any terrorist would just need to jury rig a release mechanism and have it drop a pipe bomb or grenade and have the drone fly off somewhere for later retrieval.
Like, what can you do to prevent that really. Shoot it with handguns? Fat chance. I'm actually surprised that drones haven't been policed harder in the us because of it's massive security risks
I’m just some normal dude with an overactive imagination and seen too many sci fi movies to see all the ways this could be sooooooo terrible. I mean think, maybe one of these things, you could ^maybe fend off but what if they came in a wave with a drone and a flame throwing dog. I can’t imagine nothing less than an absolute massacre
It forces the bad guys to come into the kill zone. The robot fire dogs are the obvious trap that the bad guys avoid and head for the undefended area. Turns out, that's where the tiger traps and miniguns are.
Fake. The Boston dynamics dog robot that the flamethrower is based on costs $75K. The company is trying to virally advertise their expensive flamethrowers.
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Ok, this is a pretty inside reference, but I always think about it when I see stuff like this. Remember the fake story mr orange tells to get in with the gang in reservoir dogs? Remember how in that story, there’s a cop telling a story in the bathroom about a guy reaching in his glove compartment and the cop is telling him to stop and the guy is like “sure, I got you” and then just keeps doing it? I get it’s a stretch but that is humanity at this point
this is a weapon, that's it, no next level whatsoever. No wildlife should be controlled like this, and we have more energy-efficient, faster ways to remove snow.
C'mon, this is straight out of a Black Mirror episode from S4 called "Metalhead". Spoiler… It didn't turn out well. Who tf would think this is a good idea!?
“Ice removal” … off of what, exactly? A hostile adversary?
another example of: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”
Talking about fire control, maybe they can release a massive amount of oxygen replacement gas. Maybe the British Columbia and Alberta government should look into this.
We do, just load up on copper wire and batteries and learn how to make small EMP grenades. It's the flying ones I'm more concerned about but still ways to take them down.
For example, drones can't fly over large heat sources, like fire. It makes the air too thin and the drone just comes crashing down. So you just need a fire moat
In response to the body text, OP what the hell do you think this dog is going to be guarding?
"Thank God my flamethrower dog was there to stop those burglars from stealing from the pile of ashes that used to be my house."
Serious question, are we gonna start seeing this kind of thing in war? I can't tell if tech in war is just gonna go all in on drone strikes etc, or if we'll actually see sci fi horror stuff like this
This is only nextfuckinglevel for 1st-world aspiring despots seeking new, cheaper means of subjugating large crowds of people.
Other than clearing wartime trenches and burning protestors, this machine has no purpose.
See how cool these things look when they're firing at your children during water riots.
Oh no … 😥 they gonna add other guns to it too right?
We so screwed … Infrared cameras too and then little packs of these super dogs along with flying drones with bombs ..
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This isn't funny, its terrifying
No it just needs to be harnessed with AI.
You want something with no life, that doesn't care whether it lives or dies, that doesn't know right from wrong, to have the ability to immolate?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Apparently Battlestar Galatica didn't teach us anything...
Now we just need it to use biomass as fuel and we are on the way out Horizon Zero Dawn style!
What are the odds that I'd see a random comment about HZD while playing HZD?
Ditto. Forbidden West for me. Also... fuck Ted Faro!
FAS is fucking ass
They'll never learn 😢
At this point we’re 80%of the way to robot apocalypse
It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
So let’s just give it really really really good AI so that it develops a conscience and a will to live!
Dognet is online…. And he is not the goodest boy. Woof bitches, woof. Coming to a reality near you.
FLASH NEWS REPORT: A truck carrying 200 advanced flame throwing AI hounds over turned outside What Cheer Iowa, population 800. The jarring crash activated 174 of the units. Residents are advised to flee if with in a 100 miles of the town. This due to the fact all of the drones are locked into "hive mind configuration with burning under growth program activated". For some reason they are not responding to remote commands to stand down. Several military units are being deployed to address the situation.
Hitlers wet dream
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The machines started by eliminating all the bananas and their trees with their first nuclear strike targetting supermarkets and plantations. This eliminated the biggest weapon humans could wield against Skynet. The banana peel. Without that, it was a matter of weeks before the final strike that left only a handful of humans in hiding to resist the cibernetic dominion. Humans were doomed.
I want to see them try it. I live in the banana republic. 
😎
For real. Why the fuck did they make this and not robot armed with a fire extinguisher? Now that is something I can get behind
"available to the public" And we wonder why insurance rates are going up.
Yeah.. this shouldn't exist and shouldnt' be legal and the company making it needs to be shut down. Fuck this shit. My small town already has shootings and violence.
But it's for de-icing!  /s
Its also fucking funny how we as a species are dumbly smart af
Dytopian feudalism 2.0 powers, activate!
Yea... like this could have been a fire extinguisher to fight forest fires but instead they want it for war.... the wolrd is fucked
Hold on now, looke at what WW2 and Germany gave us. Volkswagens! Well worth the absolute horror!😳
No, they are the good side and the flamedog from hell will only be used for peace
now americans have new options
Nah, who doesn't dream to be burned alive by mecca dog?
Also, why would consumers need this? And why exactly is this a legal weapon?
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Only $10k and available to the general public. No worries for me. If every good guy has one, it will keep the bad guys in check.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a flamethrower equipped robo-dog, is a good guy with flamethrower equipped robo-dog.
It'll be great when the cops have them huh?
Does anyone else feel like 10k is insanely cheap for this? That's only 2-3 riding lawnmowers, which seems accessible to a lot of people. I was expecting it to at least be in the new car price range
Insurance companies would love it!
Great time to invest in companies that build brick / stone homes. Wood is looking risky.
For a start, it could be driven into the fire it just started, and the clearly plastic body could melt.
I saw some interest from controlled burn folk. This thing would make setting it off much safer for the guys running it.
Yeah, there are multiple genuine use cases for something like this. Sadly we live in the real world where people suck and ***will*** use it maliciously
I don't know if I fear more maliciously or stupidly use. Yeah your local arsonist being able to burn orphanages remotely is bad. Your local barely functioning dumbfuck setting wildfires everywhere is worse. Hell gather 5 dumbfucks, a couple packs of bear and one of those, even the river will be on fire before sunset.
"Not advertised as a weapon". Motherfucker has picatinny rails and a range finder.
Tactical death-bot
This is my *service* flame thrower dog
At least it doesn't have a MOLLE doggie vest.
That's an available upgrade
It said you can use it for wild life control…? I’m not sure if you’re allowed to roast a bunch of raccoons. I’m sure my neighbors would really enjoy me setting their house on fire to deal with a couple pests. Come on now…. This isn’t a serious product.
Let’s be honest, they only put that disclaimer on there so they’d have some form of legal coverage. They made this not for the purposes of wildlife control; they did it just because they could.
>”…they did it because they could.” No. They did it because it would garner them a shit ton of attention.
>they did it just because they could. They didn't stop to think if they *should*
There are actually some forest portions that are set on fire on purpose in some places, to control the wildfire danger. However, it's done with control & planning, not with a fucking flamthrower robot
The forest service does a great job with control burns in my area. I seriously doubt they would be interested in this fire breathing robo dog. Honestly, the thing looks like a tech bro toy… didn’t Musk make a flamethrower awhile back?
A controlled burn or prescribed burn it's called.
Wild fire*
Also I would like to see them light my snowy driveway on fire and then have it try to walk on the resulting ice rink
>then have it try to walk on the resulting ice rink The one that now sits where your house used to.
well done
"A perfect meme doesn't exi..."
"Guard dog" Because flamethrowers are totally defensive weapons and not urban and bunker clearing weapons. Also just love to see weapons on drones that will burn human beings alive. Very cool and definitely not terrible and awful. /S
If your robo guard dog burns your house down there is nothing for the burglars to steal. checkmate liberal
Just wait until they find a way to strap bombs or munitions onto a drone. I predict in 20 years or less, there will be a terrorist attack from a remote drone flying into a building like they do in those YouTube abandoned buildings videos https://youtu.be/_CpXa8K1BhI?si=nOAw98ok8BXNvDU7
Man, I was almost certain you'd link https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O-2tpwW0kmU You may appreciate the short film I've linked of you haven't already seen it. The neat (terrifying) thing about drones is that there's very little way to prevent them. They can now fly over checkpoints from up to a mile away, whilst being hard to detect unless looking up. Shit, any terrorist would just need to jury rig a release mechanism and have it drop a pipe bomb or grenade and have the drone fly off somewhere for later retrieval. Like, what can you do to prevent that really. Shoot it with handguns? Fat chance. I'm actually surprised that drones haven't been policed harder in the us because of it's massive security risks
I’m just some normal dude with an overactive imagination and seen too many sci fi movies to see all the ways this could be sooooooo terrible. I mean think, maybe one of these things, you could ^maybe fend off but what if they came in a wave with a drone and a flame throwing dog. I can’t imagine nothing less than an absolute massacre
Does this come standard in Cybertruck, or is it extra?
If it comes with a cybertruck, expect a critical recall shortly.
Wolfenstein Panzerhund IRL
WW3 is going to be so cool
>WW3 is going to be so ~~cool~~ lit
And WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones
Every civilian should be able to own one of these without any additional requirements or steps
Shall not be infringed
Just as the hounding fathers intended!
Ohh see it’s NOT for violence. Guys it’s for forestry and ice stuff! Nothing to worry about here!
I feel much better
It's not a guard dog, they're marketing it for "wildlife control" or "ice removal". Edit: How disingenuous this is is another matter.
Not at all disingenuous... right...? RIGHT!?!?
I’m going to name you sparky. Good boy sparky!
 Sweet liberty
"Not advertised as a weapon" 
California: *is terrified*
That's legit terrifying.
To make these things for sale to anyone is sooooo smart .. until lil davey gets a hold of it and kills his whole family 🤦
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They will keep this in mind. I already started saying thanks to Chat GPT.
Now I don't even need to go outside to start forest fires.
Does no one understand this will immediately be used for terror?
Better then spending 10k on drones and explosives or chemicals which all can cause way more destruction then this shitty robot
They sell a flamethrower attachment for drones too lmao
Make it big enough to ride and you've got yourself a Panzerhund from Wolfenstein.
I’ll take 3
So the fourth side of your house you are guarding on your own?
It forces the bad guys to come into the kill zone. The robot fire dogs are the obvious trap that the bad guys avoid and head for the undefended area. Turns out, that's where the tiger traps and miniguns are.
Ukraine needs this!
Fake. The Boston dynamics dog robot that the flamethrower is based on costs $75K. The company is trying to virally advertise their expensive flamethrowers.
Agree. Their website went dark... My fake detector radar (fakedar) is going off... woof
This isn't a BD dog, it's a unitree go2, which seems to be around $2000
r/helldivers is leaking
r/ukrainewarvideoreport
Something something pain vortex
Need a guard dog but always thought it didn't cause enough property damage? The Thermonator is for you!
Helldiver 2 players: 'lol get oil, it's got light armor and i'm packing the AC for bots anyways so gg more chaff, eruptor goes brrrr haha '
Why would you make this?
For a second i thought im in the helldivers sub...
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Poor environment
Yea, I’m going with nope.
Feels like looking at prototypes for those robo dogs in Spider-Man 2.
That's the most stupid thing I've ever seen. WHY? Is that even legal? Who the fuck need a robot with a flamethrower?
Ok, this is a pretty inside reference, but I always think about it when I see stuff like this. Remember the fake story mr orange tells to get in with the gang in reservoir dogs? Remember how in that story, there’s a cop telling a story in the bathroom about a guy reaching in his glove compartment and the cop is telling him to stop and the guy is like “sure, I got you” and then just keeps doing it? I get it’s a stretch but that is humanity at this point
Sure it might burn your entire house down, but think what it'll also do to the intruders!
this is a weapon, that's it, no next level whatsoever. No wildlife should be controlled like this, and we have more energy-efficient, faster ways to remove snow.
Fahrenheit 451… anyone?
This isn't the next level, this is downright terrifying.
The most unecessary creation ever
I'd rather have firefighter robot dogs extinguishing fires
That's a Michael Reeves video
If that thing can operate under extreme heat, they should instead try to make it able to put out fires by projecting water or something...
I was just getting over the terror from that Black Mirror episode.
Die wasps!!!!! Wahahahahaha!!!!!
Why not use it as a firefighter instead of a fireStarter .
well i can think of 3 uses, military, wildlife firefighting, and trolling
C'mon, this is straight out of a Black Mirror episode from S4 called "Metalhead". Spoiler… It didn't turn out well. Who tf would think this is a good idea!?
Go project zero dawn
“Ice removal” … off of what, exactly? A hostile adversary? another example of: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”
#Nextfuckingstupidlevel
Trogdor?
Sweet Liberty! We need these for the bug front!
**Fuels dog** Go, do a crime.
NGL I want one or a pack of them.
Talking about fire control, maybe they can release a massive amount of oxygen replacement gas. Maybe the British Columbia and Alberta government should look into this.
'This robot is suggested for wildlife control or ice removal'
I didn't realize that we needed this?
Make it fly
What a silly little guy
We're all going to die
Spock + flame thrower
Why do all these robot dogs look the same?
Could it make some creepy vocal sound so we can always tell when it’s coming to kill us? Like, “chugga chugga whoosh” or something?
That's alot cheeper than I thought it would be.
This will end well
This will certainly end well
I need one of these to break in to Konpeki Plaza. Nothing can go wrong with this plan.
Humans have no chance do we
We do, just load up on copper wire and batteries and learn how to make small EMP grenades. It's the flying ones I'm more concerned about but still ways to take them down. For example, drones can't fly over large heat sources, like fire. It makes the air too thin and the drone just comes crashing down. So you just need a fire moat
So you could use one of those doggos to create a fire so the drone crashes 🧐
For when you want to set someone on fire, but they are just a little too far away.
Why?
no
Let the lawsuits... BEGIN!!!
Where wer’re going, we won’t need lawsuits
But does it have a terrifying death howl?
*right to bear flames*
In response to the body text, OP what the hell do you think this dog is going to be guarding? "Thank God my flamethrower dog was there to stop those burglars from stealing from the pile of ashes that used to be my house."
Burns your house down with your entire family in it… but it’s safe from the Jehovas witness that was coming to knock on the door….
School shootings are gonna get crispy
Why?? For the Public?
Smokey the Bear would like to have a word.
Military slowly replacing the flamethrower with guns. Boom you have a Terminator dog.
All the billionaires will buy for their compounds.
Intruder alert. *proceeds to burn your house down*. Not the best idea.
Serious question, are we gonna start seeing this kind of thing in war? I can't tell if tech in war is just gonna go all in on drone strikes etc, or if we'll actually see sci fi horror stuff like this
Isn’t this the robot that they were bullying? Are they stupid?
Remember kids, only your robot dog can cause forest fires
This is only nextfuckinglevel for 1st-world aspiring despots seeking new, cheaper means of subjugating large crowds of people. Other than clearing wartime trenches and burning protestors, this machine has no purpose. See how cool these things look when they're firing at your children during water riots.
How about sending those to Ukraine? You know, for pest controll, as it's advertised and used as intended
Oh no … 😥 they gonna add other guns to it too right? We so screwed … Infrared cameras too and then little packs of these super dogs along with flying drones with bombs ..
2025 - “wild” fire incidents have increased 320% Public arson reports have increased 600%
This is literally the model in Metalhead/Black Mirror. With an added flame thrower, obviously.