I don't like the guy either. But it is clearly an art project, never to actually be used.
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It's unsurprising that this man became a creator of autonomous weapons systems
Just in case anyone's wondering. The top image is a joke article that was made a while back, not a real product.
Not a joke, he actually did make it. But it's a custom build, not intended for production, and not intended to actually be used by anyone.
Not intended for production yet.
Dude dumped his ill gotten facebook bucks into a murder drone company, so it's not exactly far fetched.
I figured if anyone was killed by this device it would cause a running mess of cascade lawsuits, even if it served as intended and killed the one who signed the TOS.
Then consider if the goggles glitched and activated on a false positive or if someone's kid tried the goggles on for a game.
This is why piracy deterrent payloads only extend to humiliation or stern warnings (rather than destruction of data or hardware). We can't restrict activations to perfectly just situations.
Something to think about as US law enforcement continues to kill Americans at four-plus a day.
Hey NAL but creating this is likely a felony.
Sounds like a skill issue. Just don't die and you won't die.
Okay, John Kramer
