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humanoid high-speed runner robots have shattered human world records, but their design philosophy is terrifying. they are built like suicide drones, engineered not to stop but to crash directly into whatever stands at the finish line. this approach has consequences: some units died mid-race and one robo-bum even exploded. despite the carnage, the technological progress is huge. it is easy to imagine that by next year these machines will be mostly reliable. that reliability brings a dark potential for warfare. such robots could effectively function as suicide bombers right now. strapping an explosive to one and launching it at high speed toward enemy lines is a genuinely scary thought. #ViralNews #Tech

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Not A Newt@not_a_newt

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humanoid high-speed runner robots have shattered human world records, but their design philosophy is terrifying. they are built like suicide drones, engineered not to stop but to crash directly into whatever stands at the finish line. this approach has consequences: some units died mid-race and one robo-bum even exploded. despite the carnage, the technological progress is huge. it is easy to imagine that by next year these machines will be mostly reliable. that reliability brings a dark potential for warfare. such robots could effectively function as suicide bombers right now. strapping an explosive to one and launching it at high speed toward enemy lines is a genuinely scary thought. #ViralNews #Tech

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