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Date Posted: Tue, June 08 2021, 21:37:50
Author: Don Poss
Author Host/IP: cpe-104-173-58-12.socal.res.rr.com / 104.173.58.12
Subject:

K-9 MWD/Sentry Dogs and ROBOTS

Robot Dogs -- very cool -- but...

Will IT carry my helmet, lick my face, or strike terror in the heart of sappers in the wire?
Will IT block my path refusing to let me walk in to a waiting deadly snake?
Will IT be extra vigilant when he knows I'm sick; or set at heel while sharing my poncho in a monsoon?
Will IT attack a battalion firing automatic weapons and RPGs; patrol silently while quartering a post for hours, or understand the guy stepping out of a bunker to take a wiz is not Ho Chi Minh?
Will it save the lives of 10,000 US. troops? Or willingly give it's circuit-boards ("life") to save yours?
OR
Is the Robot only as good as its programming algorithms and macros?

Will ITs gears lock-up when a twig clogs it, or decide the good-guys are the bad-guys if they're dressed similarly?
Will IT know what to do when the guy (tech Handler) on the other side of the world working the joy-stick stands up for a stretch;
Will IT obey basic hand commands in the dark, like Sit, Down, Watch, Attack, or simply be a friend?
Will IT run through mental-rain to stand guard over a wounded Airman?
Will there be any "connection" at all between the tech-handler or vice-versa, the Robot Dog?
Will It recognize me at the airport when I come home after three years.*
Will it give away your position when its AI deciding IT should stand up? Or, like my old Prius,
Will IT decide IT's no longer what you thought IT was (a car/robot), at the worst moment?
Will IT suddenly work for Them?
Will you ever trust it?

Just a few thoughts.

Don Poss
Da Nang, 366th SPS, Blackie 129X

* Steven Hall

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