Pups that carry your shopping are one thing – but what about the mechanical canines being bought up in the US by ICE, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
We somehow went from inventing robot dogs to carry groceries to developing genetically modified dogs for battle. Apparently humanity looked at man’s best friend and thought: nice, but could it be a defence contractor? At this point the only species that really needs obedience training is ours.
The real selling point is a machine that follows orders without hesitation, doesn’t question authority and never files a complaint. Pretty much the ideal employee for an authoritarian government.
We somehow went from inventing robot dogs to carry groceries to developing genetically modified dogs for battle. Apparently humanity looked at man’s best friend and thought: nice, but could it be a defence contractor? At this point the only species that really needs obedience training is ours.
Obedience seems to keep getting us genocides and wars, can we try some kind of constructive disobedience next please?
What do you think the robot dogs are for?
The real selling point is a machine that follows orders without hesitation, doesn’t question authority and never files a complaint. Pretty much the ideal employee for an authoritarian government.