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This about sums up the US tech press for me (lemmy.ca)
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  1. I don't know what the article says.

  2. Why? I am looking for a job and am broke. $4000??!

  3. Congratulations on your fake dog my dude. You're The Man Now Dog!!

  4. I will stick to real/meat dogs.

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[–] DrWorm@piefed.zip 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Here’s the article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/i-spent-4000-on-a-robot-dog-from-china/

This is the best part:

As I entered my own neighborhood, I glanced at two indicators in the corner of my phone screen. One showed that the robot’s battery was at 5 percent—dangerously close to empty. The other showed the internal temperature was 84°C (183°F).

We were within sight of my front door when the robot suddenly collapsed. I’m not sure if it ran out of power or overheated, but either way it didn’t shut down gracefully—it rolled onto its back with its legs in the air.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

84°C

The robot learned to mine bitcoin!

And tbh, I think 'rolling over an putting legs in the air' is not a bad sign of the machine being in trouble. Seems like a clear 'something is wrong' state you want your bot to go into.

[–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Meat Dogs 1 Fake Robo Dogs 0