A startup will pay you $20 an hour to walk its robot dog
Original headline: Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs | Arwa Mahwadi
Plot twist That $20-an-hour robot dog walking gig? Turns out it's training data for a dystopia that has ICE shopping for robo-pups. Catch up on the original →
What happened
San Francisco startup Dimensional pays people $20 an hour to walk four-legged robot dogs to gather training data for more autonomous machines. The Guardian column also notes ICE buying robot dogs and a startup called Warhound.