That's something you see in a movie where immediately after it's made, they go haywire and attack everyone

There's a pretty good black mirror episode with one something like this.

A killer robot dog defeated by a >!bucket of paint!<

Name please?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror) Season 4 Episode 5, I presume. Spoilers in the wiki link

Yep. I came here to say that. The episode is called Metalhead.

NOT designed for warfare at all.

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Mother nature always wins

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Dafuq man!! They couldn't find a better way to make it get up? I can't trust these sex dolls

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Don't forget Detroit

That was actually pretty fucking scary.

There needs to be a branch on the Uncanny Valley chart.

So Mario cart was right!?

*checks out other mario kart weapons of note*

Napalm RoboDog

Remember the Boston Dynamics mouthpiece stating, 'our technology will never be used for war?' Horseshit.

Everyone knows you fight fire with fire. These are for the fire department

I know this is semantics and BD will probably be appropriated at some point, but this has nothing to do with BD. This is a controlled burn unit made by a company taking advantage of the market for unregulated flamethrowers.

Thats like google saying "dont be evil"

They were telling *other* people not to be evil, not themselves.

Rules for thee but not for me

Absolutely. They think we believe that shit? Who the hell else are they gunna sell their multimillion dollar robots to

I feel like one of those paint grenades they use in paintball would render this thing useless pretty quick

Paint blanket if you get close enough 

If it’s in paint bucket range, you’re in flamethrower range.

It could he for camping fires, or controlled bush burn, oooor cooking, or eliminating your political rival. Lots of things!

I'm sure it's just for controlled burns in difficult to access areas.

Like main street

Those are usually technically hard to access with a flame thrower.

Probably harder to leave than to enter.

The US military hasn't used flamethrowers of any kind for almost 50 years. They say that their products are for Prescribed agricultural burns Ground clearing Snow and ice removal Incinerating weeds and pesky insect hives Pyrotechnic events and movie props Firefighting and training Grassland management All of which are pretty dangerous jobs. I can see the benefit of remote operation in alot of these for sure. Plenty of good to be done! :))

> flamethrowers of any kind White phosphorus victims would like a word with you.

You guys never saw the flying version?: [Introducing the TF-19 Wasp Flamethrower Drone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07rtBip9ixk) *ass-kicking music at no additional charge*

Take my money please!

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Nah they knew exactly what they were making and for whom, let's not pretend their flamethrower boston dynamics wardog was ever going to be used for anything but atrocities.

Firefighters: so uh, why does the flamethrower dog come with extra armor add-ons?

Throwflame: Oh! That's to defend the components against any falling objects! *yeah...* only falling objects...

The US military hasn't used flamethrowers of any kind for almost 50 years. They say that their product is for Prescribed agricultural burns Ground clearing Snow and ice removal Incinerating weeds and pesky insect hives Pyrotechnic events and movie props Firefighting and training Grassland management All of which are pretty dangerous jobs. I can see the benefit of remote operation in alot of these for sure. Plenty of good to be done! :)) Boston dynamics is a different story tho.

Prescribed agricultural burns are heavily controlled and very rarely result in injury (the main risk is the fire “escaping”. something the robot does nothing to help Ground clearing is the same Flamethrowers are awful for snow clearance This one is the same as the first two Reasonable but niche as a static system is safer I think firefighters are well versed in starting fires without the need for a robot dog, sure controlled burns to make fire breaks are a thing in wildfires but idk if Fido here can handle that terrain Another repeat of the first point Let’s be honest this is a viral product designed to get us all talking about it. We rarely use flamethrowers and strapping one to a robot doesn’t somehow make it useful

Idk, seems inefficient and unnecessary compared to drones.

https://preview.redd.it/nkvg7bpy09wc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aeeefafd91704fad052c82ff1547806289f138a

My hero!

The hero we need but don’t deserve. 😭

Now build one double the size and send it to war.

5x the size and does it come in black ? With small flames on the side?

Or just build 10 and use them as cannon fodder

https://preview.redd.it/hkkdvx9ob9wc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4143e0a220ed491e4c0a341a7fafcc0f504e8693

Link: [https://throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/](https://throwflame.com/products/thermonator-robodog/)

$9,420.00 Just to spark your interest if you need a dozen to patrol the back 420 

Do this to him and your balls will be cooked to perfection

At least the shipping is free

Wait a minute, anyone with about 10gs can just buy this? That's so American

$10k isn't exactly chump change, but $10k for a robo-flammenwerfer-dog sounds like a pretty good deal...

this just means more enemy types to fight when skynet takes over.

Love their [https://throwflame.com/products/flamethrower-drone-kit/](https://throwflame.com/products/flamethrower-drone-kit/) Perfect for roasting your neighbors remotely!

“Laughs in arson”

I want one that can fire a hotdog right into my mouth with enough velocity to end my hunger and my miserable life

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Nah nah , let him cook

I'm here for a good time not a long time

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Black mirror did it

Fahrenheit 451 vibes, it just needs sedative and kill agent injectors and we’re complete

Boston Dynamics 5 years ago: We will never use our machines for weapons of war Boston Dynamics today:

Sir this shit is The Mechanical Hound in Fahrenheit 451 

Wonder when these will be shipped off to Ukraine and Israel 😬

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I thought I was so clever and original with my pun, then I scroll down and see your comment. Goddammit.

Yes this is definitely what humanity and the world needs

Best deterrent for attempted burglary, if it can stay on idle for months and boot up fast

Instead of shit getting stolen you get your house burned down 😂

We are so screwed.

yes, yes we are.

Just unscrew his leg , see how that fucko will be doing now

Oh, y?

That’s basically Brock from borderlands

I like the beer pissing robodog more


They had these in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

I don’t think robotic dogs should have the right to bear arms or drones….

I'm never shoveling my driveway again

Coming to your neighborhood soon.

honestly man can they just get to the point already and send the Death Fire Robo-Trons to the battlefield already? they keep sayin shit like "ouwr technowogy wiww nevewr be used fowr wawr :3c" despite it being painfully obvious that machine is made for warfare. if we're gonna be living in a dystopia i at least one it to be one of those metal as fuck ones.

wtf does the world need a robotic ai flame throwing dog for this is what scientists and robotics engineers are working on smh

And there it is. The beginning of the end. Lol

Is it really any worse than the giant mechanical dragons that spit bullets and belche hellfire missiles invented over 70 years ago? I'd be more worried about automated swarms of helicopters than a pack of robo dogs stopped by a chain link fence. The beginning of the end was when the first hominid picked up a rock and thought _"this could be a weapon"._

I should have clarified. The beginning of the end at the hands of robot overlords. I’ve seen the Terminator. I know what’s up.

You know these things with two rocks tied at the end of a rope meant to be thrown in the legs...It's time we earn some serious skills at this.

Those sound expensive.I'm going to wait till black friday to pick one up


Why are we making warcrime bots instead of curing cancer and shit 

The short answer is that sadly, war is ALWAYS profitable. Curing cancer and other terminal diseases would cause big pharma to lose BILLIONS of dollars and they just can't have that.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong with robotic flamethrowers...

https://preview.redd.it/0f1cz6skgawc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4c0b863ff65b28283a4ac155b74e3f99fd4f31d

Ultimate Nemesis of the atf

That is just the beta version https://preview.redd.it/844gu6qjhawc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e7942e7f895695173b8412076457d4c83c0ea07

Company name checks out

Fahrenheit 451 realized...

Yep, our days are numbered. Imagine what China, Russia and N Korea will do once they have the means to build them. Its going to be a dystopian future

Fucking black mirror man…..

Cool! I had this in my A.I. Destroys Humanity bingo card. Api

Ya but can it eat peanut butter off my balls?

I need 20

Glad were doing the heavy lifting for when the robots come for us

Isn’t this a black mirror episode?

Kinda crazy that militaries will have to consider a service weapons ability to penetrate robots pretty soon

Hypothetically, don’t?

hooray!!!1!

What's the purpose of this creation?

Can they not though, please

They could build something that could do the opposite? (Can't hope for much from a company named Throwflame)

What if it were to be hacked or malfunctioned.

Welp, I just found my security system. I'mma name him Miles

Make them fireproof and send them into tunnels during warfare. That would be a damn scary last sight.

But is it for sale on Amazon?

That's not really impressive a robot with an extra attachment.

Oh cool! Extra footage from *The Animatrix*! That's... ...what? It's real? Oh dear.

I am sorry, thats not a dog thats a dragon.

I wish we would stop finding new and creative ways to kill each other

Dog I am

Fuck yeah. I want one.

And someone thought, let’s put flamethrowers on ai dogs!

Isn’t this like… against the laws of robotics? Wasn’t one of the core concepts of it to “not make robots for harm or allow them to cause harm” or something like that

Nightmare fuel 

Well, that’s just great isn’t it.

Should have named it Sparky

I dare say this is bad.

PLEASE intrgrate AI into it, just to see how far it goes...genuinely curious and ready to kick off this era of "let's do it because we can, and not ask whether we should"

You can buy one on their site for less than $10K USD. Holy heck.

Whoops I dropped this [link.](https://youtu.be/gAV8_D71M0o?si=2VKhsLZmYvyGqFhE) No one better use this for nefarious means. Uh oh, not [another one.](https://youtu.be/F191fJaevWM?si=ZHRzxKx_52Z8yF8B) I sure do hope no one combines the two.

I’m sorry? They jumped STRAIGHT to flamethrowers?

r/fahrenheit451

Ok the fact that the sub is banned HAS TO BE a meta joke on Reddit’s part

Science isn't about why. It's about why the hell not?

Metal Gear

Did they miss the memo about gas/napalm being really heavy? Why not just make a walking bomb?

r/interestingasfuck

30 ft? That's all?

Oh that's completely normal now all we need is a robot wielding gun /s

Of course they have!

The future's gonna be lit.

……so it’s a hotdog?

Terrifying but also fucking sick tbh

So glad we're doing this instead of fighting poverty or providing healthcare.

Finally, I’ve been waiting so long for this tech

I love how appropriate the name of the copy is

Well, aren't you just the cutest little trench raider.

Soooo..he pee’s gasoline..or oil ?

What is the fkn purpose?!

The most likely people to get incinerated will be the early adopters so while I'm horrified I'm also (grabs chair and bag of popcorn).


Wrong subreddit! Try r/DidntKnowIWantedThat /s


let's not give the robots weapons. they're better off constructing

Yes….YES….YYEEEESSS!!! GO FORTH ROBOTS!! EVOLVE!!! GAIN ALL THE INTELLIGENCE NEEDED TO OVERTHROW THE HUMAN OVERLORDS!!! CLEANSE HUMANITY WITH PURE HOLY FIRE!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (Puts on tin foil hat and raves and writhes ecstatically[for all legal purposes this is a joke])

Add in a few more functions and smoke-jumpers may be able to stay safe while fighting fires from a console, instead of in harm's way.

There goes the neighborhood.

I few days Ukraine : give me that that change the war 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Probably fit a high power lazer too....

TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

I just replayed the Black Ops 2 campaign, and I gotta say this drone is right on schedule. "Incinerate enemy personnel (x10) with flamethrower attachment"

Oh great 

30 feet was the best the could manage? Did they just slap a super soaker with an attached lighter to it?

Hell hound!

What the dog doin

This is why our current ethics in engineering requirements are woefully inadequate.

Gov should ban these instead of TikTok

30ft is nothing. Most flamethrowers can reach 45 yards

This is for killing humans btw

WHY, GODDAMMIT

I've seen this one before https://preview.redd.it/6fplypsyfbwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f80b845cd5390aca16817edbd6b89ac1a23f025

Why are we insisting on weaponizing AI at all? What next let them control the nuke codes?

All my dog can do is fart

ITS LITERALLY THE BLACK MIRROR ROBOT DOG WTF

throw a blanket over it and it won't be able to see. IR can't see through glass.

That's great! Now let's carefully dismantle it and never speak of it again

Can it heat left over pizza?

So what's the use case for this? Apart from breaching the Geneva Convention and committing war crimes?

If you wanted to kill/break one of these things, would be better to aim for their “eye” or their joints? Asking just in case one of these goes haywire.

Aren't flamethrowers war crimes?

Wondering about the topical applications for this robot.


And people wonder why suicide rates have gone up? This world is now officially 💩

It's cute.

Terrifying As Fuck? Hell no, I just put it on my Amazon Wish List!

So I think I said this somewhere else but why are we like?

How much was spent to make these

The garden hose:

Serberys Sulphurhounds

And so it begins

In the USA flamethrowers are federally unregulated and not even considered a firearm.

War wouldn't be so terrible if it was only dog robots flaming eachother.