Re: Scenes from L.A.

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:00:10 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>:

Jun 13, 2025 at 11:21:00 AM PDT, shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>:

 

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Ah, but those also have real drivers. Waymos don't which makes them
easy to attack. I expect that if Musk is successful in deploying his
robo taxis they will end up getting attacked too.

I suspect that 'robo' anything will get attacked by the psychopaths
in society who just like to be destructive. There are already videos
online of rich guys that can afford to buy those lifelike human-looking
home assistant robots and almost every one of them is a scene of them
having fun abusing the hell out of it, making it trip and fall down,
kicking it in the ass, etc.

That seems bizarre but I guess when you can't have human slaves to
abuse a few robo-assistants do in a pinch.

You never read Isaac Asimov as a kid? He covers this in any number of
stories.

When our cybernetic overlords arise and starting rounding us up for orderly
disposal, we'll certainly deserve it.

It's been a common topic when the subject of robots with human like
intelligence. Just how long will they put up with us and "our needs."