This is not a Photoshopped image. A friend sent me the YouTube link to this, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g), and if you watch it you can tell it is real. It is a robot being prepared to operate independently for the military. Is this something we really want? Imagine this running down your street, armed to the teeth, making decisions on its own who should be shot at. Why would we want such an independent armed robot? It was not conceived of as a drone, but as an independent entity. What kind of mind (other than one conditioned on violent video gaming) would think this was a good idea? Of course, if it could be substituted for soldiers, I can see how it might be appealing, but do we, as a nation, really want to go there? I hope not.
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