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Jamerson McGradnerCited 4× on HN, 2013–2024
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comedy · general · evergreen · 2013–2024 on HN

The ED-209 boardroom scene from the 1987 film RoboCop, where the enforcement droid malfunctions after giving a man 20 seconds to comply.

HN uses it purely as a joke reference in threads about autonomous weapons, robots and malfunctioning automation.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@belter2024-05 · in “Brinc unveils new 911 response drone, can handle 25% of calls without officers”

Unfortunately a little bug caused the drone to confuse the 911 caller with the possible criminal and led to this incident: ▶ this video Quite regrettable. We hope to fix it in the new Beta v2.34

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@vincnetas2020-01 · in “Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot”

Mandatory "You have 20 seconds to comply." ▶ this video *That demo with generals probably looked like this :)

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@pmoriarty2017-08 · in “The US Army is developing autonomous armored vehicles”

"Friend-or-foe identification can boil down to "only targets shooting at me are hostile"." That reminds me of a classic scene from the original Robocop: ▶ this video

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@nostromo2013-06 · in “The 800 Pound Gorilla Amazon Tried to Kill is Google's Trojan Horse”

I envision getting a text. "Your pizza is here. Use code 4025 to open locker #24." "You have 20 seconds to comply." ;-) ▶ this video

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