Let's talk Black Mirror season 4

[Rev. Rye]

I didn't really get ep5. Anybody got any ideas on what the "moral" to that is?

If there is a moral, I think it's "look at how badly technology can be corrupted" or whatever moral comes with the robots-become-self-aware-and-destroy-all-humans plot. Then again, I think Charlie Brooker just saw the videos of this military robot and saw possibilities for a plot:






To provide some context, here's my summary of the real-life military robot dog project in my review of this episode:

Boston Dynamics created this robot. Fortunately for us, the robot is not actually weaponised (although some models include an arm that can potentially throw something). It’s built as a pack mule that can accompany soldiers in terrain that could defeat wheeled vehicles. The original BigDog model can carry about 340 lbs and move at about 4 mph. However, its motor was too loud for a combat situation. The video above is a model called the Spot Mini. It’s much quieter, but is much smaller and can run for about 90 minutes without a charge (well below the standards the military wanted for Big Dog.)

Fortunately, the real thing leaves much to be desired as a killing machine:





Yes, it's this thoroughly defeated by a banana peel. Seriously, Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keaton are watching this from beyond the grave and laughing at its incompetence.