https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/technology-and-supply-chain/delivery-robot-driver-gets-extra-training-after-trying-to-run-over-pedestrian/685869.article

  • Dolores [love/loves]
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    11 months ago

    delivery robot

    delivery robot driver

    that's not a robot, son.

    • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      All of that money spent on predator drones so some guy making minimum wage can pilot our treats to us

      • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        every single silicon valley "innovation" is just ripped off military research

      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        11 months ago

        the mechanical turk, despite being our rhetorical refrain for this, was waaaaay more mechanically impressive than the tech-company "smart" devices that function off oblique remote third world labor.

        you can set up a wifi-connected remote drone in an afternoon, the mechanical turk was a bespoke and sophisticated illusion, that relied on a talented and discreet staff