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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

HL2 Stalker ass lookin' dog.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They’re bringing back K9?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Affirmative!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

Many criteria are used to pick best in breed for the cyberdog category including traction, the total length of wiring, and quality of audio equipment (especially the subwoofers).

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That is the dog equivalent of Half-Life 2's stalkers. There is no way this is a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Wow, eldritch horrors beyond my imagination. Today has just been a wild ride for me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I hate this dog.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Existence is suffering

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Robogreyhound

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I'm gonna pet it anyways

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Clearly the battery is positioned there in order to enable charging via belly rubs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Birds were just a deception all along

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Poor boy, what did they do to you in the mane of science? What are their addresses?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Yes, you can walk him. Ofcourse after he goes, you have to refill the canister.

Futurama - Robo Puppy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKq4C8ReooA

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can't tell if this manmade horror beyond my comprehension is more of a Warhammer 40k space marine or a Trench Crusade monster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

An American artist's (mistaken) drawing of how the Digesting Dog may have worked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

The only dog Elmo ever loved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

It looks like Jeff Bezos

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Vaal Hazak may not be that far behind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

AI slop

Edit: Not actually AI nor slop

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it's literally not though. it's an actual figure from an actual journal article on biohybrid robots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My mistake, I will edit my post

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It looked like AI slop to me, too, before I read the comments! “Media” lawl