Parker the robot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw ones that looked like this up in Boston and though the googley eyes are an improvement it still ran my blood cold and scared the crap out of all my kids.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/14/giant-food-stores-will-place-robotic-assistants-inside-locations-company-says/

It inexplicably brought tears to my eyes. Like- it creeped me out/I felt sorry for it/I was scared of it/I felt sorrow for this life that it has/I felt awful that I hated it. But the LURKING. I CAN'T.

Humans getting attached to this robot??

Oh, to be clear- I definitely felt pity for it because I hated it- though clearly he was doing some kind of helpful robot job- as the store saw it- but I did not feel attached. Agree the anthropomorphic thing is a manipulation that is a bridge too far for me to find that cute or want it in my home.

Kind of like when you see an erratic homeless or addicted person in a bad situation but you don't feel safe enough to engage... I was chaperoning a high school Boston/NYC trip and was supposed to be the calm/mature adult but I was not willing to get in the same aisle as it (I literally went without snacks from aisles it was in until some of the high schoolers made a game out of running to fetch items and race back to me). But I'd be fine running from it/ hitting it with my purse if it came near me and didn't respond to verbal commands.

Whoa! Calm down

[Anonymous]

Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

But who is going to make the charges? And how will you resolve the charge? Go to a kiosk at the same garage this robot is housed to pay for it, or go down the street to the courthouse to have it heard or dismissed by a robot judge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

It's property. The dollar amount for felony destruction of property is $1000 in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Has anyone visited this garage since Parker arrived? What's Parker doing there so far hanging out? Any good come out of Parker's presence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

It's property. The dollar amount for felony destruction of property is $1000 in MoCo

You are probably right! The world has come a long way since my grandmum retaliated against Expo Ernie for not leaving her alone back in '86. His handlers let her get away with it. She had told him repeatedly to leave her alone and stop following her and he didn't, so out came the purse and she started battering him. I guess that's why 'the purse' is my go-to. BUT we all had a feeling at the time that a jerk human was actually remote-controlling it, so he Ernie got what he deserved.

Crap. I hope the robots can't smell the bloodline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Extra cameras won’t do anything. Someone smashed my window and grabbed my stuff when there were literally 3 highly visible cameras right next to it. And the police were completely useless, they never even bothered to investigate because crime is so prevalent now.

It’s security theater. It makes people feel better but it’s not going to actually fix anything. I’ve pretty much accepted that the US is well into third world country status and we’re all screwed.

Sure, MAGA, sure.

Are you a bot? Because your reply is so lacking in substance that I have to think you must be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Extra cameras won’t do anything. Someone smashed my window and grabbed my stuff when there were literally 3 highly visible cameras right next to it. And the police were completely useless, they never even bothered to investigate because crime is so prevalent now.

It’s security theater. It makes people feel better but it’s not going to actually fix anything. I’ve pretty much accepted that the US is well into third world country status and we’re all screwed.

Sure, MAGA, sure.

Are you a bot? Because your reply is so lacking in substance that I have to think you must be.

Only MAGA would think robots are theater. These robots can finally go after the real urban criminals: parking scoff laws!

[Anonymous]

Now they want visitors who see this robot or interact with it to give feedback on what they think of this 1 year robot pilot. Complete a survey let them know how creepy this is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

It's property. The dollar amount for felony destruction of property is $1000 in MoCo

Yup. As expensive as those bots are, wouldn't take much more than a scratch on them to make you a felon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably won't be long until robots are treated the same as cops.

If you hit a robot, you will get felony charges.

World has gone crazy.

It's property. The dollar amount for felony destruction of property is $1000 in MoCo

You are probably right! The world has come a long way since my grandmum retaliated against Expo Ernie for not leaving her alone back in '86. His handlers let her get away with it. She had told him repeatedly to leave her alone and stop following her and he didn't, so out came the purse and she started battering him. I guess that's why 'the purse' is my go-to. BUT we all had a feeling at the time that a jerk human was actually remote-controlling it, so he Ernie got what he deserved.

Crap. I hope the robots can't smell the bloodline.

They have come a long way since the T800 series of terminators. Now instead of wiping out everyone with the same name in the phone book, they can test DNA from objects and bloodhound a person that way.