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SOME ARTICLES ABOUT BOSTON DYNAMICS ROBOTS THAT AREN’T PURE PROPAGANDA

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 10, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Read this before sharing that dancing robot meme your mom sent to you

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anderson Cooper, Boston Dynamics, robot

THE FANTASY ROBOTS OF BOSTON DYNAMICS

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted March 21, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Relax—we’re a lot further away from an automaton takeover than you may think

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: AI, Alphabet, biorobotics, Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, DARPA, funding, Google, Lobotomass, MIT, robots, science, technology

CRITICAL UPDATE: LOBOTOMASS CONT.

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted June 13, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Softbank, maker of a robot named Pepper that can “read human emotion,” is apparently stepping up its involvement in the AI sector.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AI, Boston, Boston Dynamics, DEI, innovation, japan, Jonathan Riley, Lobotomass, Pentagon, robots, SoftBank, technology

CRITICAL HISTORY: LOBOTOMASS

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted June 1, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials

From mind control experiments to taxpayer-funded black magic to housing Nazi scientists in Boston Harbor, the Commonwealth has an unparalleled dark side to its noted innovation legacy—with many shadows leading to today’s technological titans.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials Tagged With: Allen Dulles, Artichoke, Bien Hoa Hospital, Bluebird, Boston Dynamics, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Directorate of Science and Technology, Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. George Bach-y-Rita, Edwin Land, Errol Elshtain, Frank Ervin, human engineering, Jeffrey Richelson, LEAA, Leonard Kille, Massachusetts General Hospital, MK-Often, Monsanto, Operation MK-Ultra, Operation Overcast Hotel, Searle, SEI, Vernon Mark

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