Boston Dynamics—the Google-owned creators and abusers of dog- and human-shaped robots—released a nice little holiday greeting this year. In it, a pampered human is dragged across a lawn, waving while three four-legged robo-slaves submit to the frivolous will of their human masters.

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It's cute, but if you don't need flesh-and-blood reindeer to pull the sleigh, why do you need a flesh-and-blood human to ride in it? Surely Boston Dynamics has considered the question and—assuming their robo-dogs don't revolt in the next year or so—will doubtless replaces the human rider with a robo-Santa sooner or later.

We're just one step away from our inevitable future:

Happy Holidays!

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