10 minutes ago , I was cautiously optimistic that one day we ’d live and work side - by - side with robots in perfect harmony . Then Boston Dynamics send a TV of its ATLAS humanoid robotperforming incredible leap and backflips , and now I ’m ready to go find a cave somewhere and hide .
We have n’t picture much of ATLAS since Google sold Boston Dynamics to Softbank , apart from a few bloopersthat gave humanity a sham sense of transcendence . But this abbreviated one - minute TV shows the golem skip over on and off platforms , gyrate in the air , and performing a utter backflip . A BACKFLIP ! That ’s the kind of thing you only see robot doing in the movies , but it ’s apparently now our sobering realness .
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