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You have 20 seconds to comply.

734K views · Mar 31, 2012 · 3:00 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2013–2024

The ED-209 boardroom scene from the 1987 film RoboCop, where the enforcement droid malfunctions after giving a man 20 seconds to comply.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it purely as a joke reference in threads about autonomous weapons, robots and malfunctioning automation.

What Hacker News said 4

JokenostromoJun 2013

“You have 20 seconds to comply.”

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I envision getting a text. "Your pizza is here. Use code 4025 to open locker #24." "You have 20 seconds to comply." ;-) this video

in “The 800 Pound Gorilla Amazon Tried to Kill is Google's Trojan Horse” · view on HN
JokepmoriartyAug 2017

“That reminds me of a classic scene from the original Robocop”

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"Friend-or-foe identification can boil down to "only targets shooting at me are hostile"." That reminds me of a classic scene from the original Robocop: this video

in “The US Army is developing autonomous armored vehicles” · view on HN
JokevincnetasJan 2020

“Mandatory "You have 20 seconds to comply.”

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Mandatory "You have 20 seconds to comply." this video *That demo with generals probably looked like this :)

in “Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot” · view on HN
JokebelterMay 2024

“Unfortunately a little bug caused the drone to confuse the 911 caller with the possible criminal”

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Unfortunately a little bug caused the drone to confuse the 911 caller with the possible criminal and led to this incident: this video Quite regrettable. We hope to fix it in the new Beta v2.34

in “Brinc unveils new 911 response drone, can handle 25% of calls without officers” · view on HN