Soldiers Bond With Bots, Take Them Fishing

HarryCaul writes "Soldiers are finding themselves becoming more and more attached to their robotic helpers. During one test of a mine clearing robot, 'every time it found a mine, blew it up and lost a limb, it picked itself up and readjusted to move forward on its remaining legs, continuing to clear a path through the minefield.' The man in charge halted the test, though - 'He just could not stand the pathos of watching the burned, scarred and crippled machine drag itself forward on its last leg. This test, he charged, was inhumane.' Sometimes the soldiers even take their metallic companions fishing. Is there more sympathy for Robot Rights than previously suspected?"

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The Ottawa Treaty

[ettlz]

'every time it found a mine, blew it up and lost a limb, it picked itself up and readjusted to move forward on its remaining legs, continuing to clear a path through the minefield.' The man in charge halted the test, though - 'He just could not stand the pathos of watching the burned, scarred and crippled machine drag itself forward on its last leg. This test, he charged, was inhumane.'

Lemme get this straight... some military guy, whose country won't sign up to the Ottawa Treaty because of some stupid Korea nonsense, is worried about being "inhumane" to a fucking robot?!

Re:Pretty hypocritical

[crabpeople]

"What the hell do you think PTSD is?"

Proof that the universe has a karmatic fairness to it. Perfectly avoidable by anyone who doesnt choose to be a mass murderer.

Re:Pretty hypocritical

[c6gunner]

Soldiers from lower middle class backgrounds without a college education are disproportionately represented in combat units.

Utter nonsense. As is the rest of your post. The only thing around here that's "truly despicable" is your opinion of the military.