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minus-squareohmancer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·30 days agoCan they say no? The engineers that work there don’t seem like the type of people who would support this. Am I wrong about that? I know sales and owners and managers are different people but still.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fancakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoThey made a pledge in 2022 not to weaponize their stuff, but they initially started developing the robots for DARPA.
minus-squareohmancer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoThis feels like it flies in the face of a pledge like that. I know they can try to weasel out of it by saying well it doesn’t have actual weapons on it or whatever. But I would say this violates the intent of the pledge.
Can they say no?
The engineers that work there don’t seem like the type of people who would support this. Am I wrong about that?
I know sales and owners and managers are different people but still.
They made a pledge in 2022 not to weaponize their stuff, but they initially started developing the robots for DARPA.
This feels like it flies in the face of a pledge like that. I know they can try to weasel out of it by saying well it doesn’t have actual weapons on it or whatever. But I would say this violates the intent of the pledge.