https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/technology-and-supply-chain/delivery-robot-driver-gets-extra-training-after-trying-to-run-over-pedestrian/685869.article
All of that money spent on predator drones so some guy making minimum wage can pilot our treats to us
every single silicon valley "innovation" is just ripped off military research
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
“Machines and AI stay within their parameters. But there needs to be an extra level and layer of safety control when a human takes over,” Sottar said. “And why do you need extra training to know not to run into someone?”
Computers do exactly what you tell them. They've become so complex, doubly so when dealing with black-box neural nets, LLMs, and "AI", that there are few if any people on earth who really understand what we're telling them anymore.
if there's nobody in the same country who can catch an assault charge for this, the system should be illegal
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How do self defense concepts apply to autonomous robots?
Idk how to even kill a burrito-delivery bot.
I don't know about these but for that police robot in the US at least there's already a guide.
Mind you these delivery ones look like this, a good
on the top should do it.Can always grab one straight into a mobile Faraday cage and get disassembling at your leisure too I guess. They could even be repurposed.
Remember back when you could just pop open the covers on e-scooters, flash the firmware, and have your very own e-scooter?
True. Spot's going to get up-armored pretty quickly, even if it's just anti-tampering stuff instead of actually protecting against weapons.
Also, the delivery robots should be required to be safety green or orange, and have hazard stripes, more reflectors, and probably some kind of readily acessible, labelled emergency kill button.
get it to charge and stand your ground with a spear, like a medieval boar hunt
i don't really know the most efficient protocol, but my gut says to treat it like a cop car or even a cop: open it up with whatever is handy and take a dump inside it.
i would like to flip it over and duct-tape over all the cameras
Lift it up somewhere high. They're light enough that most non-disabled people could lift it up.
you can't go wrong with aiming for centre of mass
Shotguns are pretty common, even in countries with strong gun control, and I'd wager a 12ga slug to the center of mass would have adverse effect on the bot
the batteries these days are usually lithium ion so if you even nicked it with birdshot it would probably be toast
I'm gonna try a crowbar but the important question is how to take it down in a way that preserves the treats within so we may loot them and feast
Those things shouldn’t be allowed to use public roads and sidewalks. I’m sick of tech bros using public infrastructure for free while pretending that their shitty inventions would ever be able to replace it.
My city's sidewalks are constantly littered with scooters, I hate them so much
I hate those things with a burning passion. Sucks that they’re supposed to be the green solution to underfunded mass transit.
They leave out the fact that the company was Ender's Gaming the driver
In my mind's eye I can imagine the IDF is testing it out. But they need it armored with machine guns so they can use it to "deliver humanitarian aid".
oh hey, these piece of shit "robots" are from my country
shame
Is anyone else concerned that the driver was 'given additional training' and not simply fired? Like surely don't hit people comes under common sense, right?
I've got family living in MK and they've never been a problem, they're rather likeable to be honest. This seems like a pretty far outlier instance of a single operator being a dangerous dickbag and I suspect this person would also be a dangerous dickbag if they were delivering in person instead of via robots.
I like them because they are a convenient place to take a shit when on the go. It's like a port a potty delivered straight to you. And the best part is, somebody else pays for it!
On the one hand, 'autonomous' vehicles suck. On the other hand, they tried to run over a finance worker...
