So how long until people start advocating for the nonhuman, nonsentient robot over actual PoC? “Silicon lives matter”?
How long till all the trains are delayed because people in masks pushed it on the tracks
I don’t care that it’s being babysat, I’m still betting on it being stolen is a when, not an if
Im sure it will endure something like that, or at least be harassed. Apparently when they tried using a similar robot in san Francisco it got knocked over and covered in bbq sauce haha
This thing should go out the same way digital doors did at Walgreens. In the trash.
Oh man. My old Walgreens had these and I begged the manager at my new store not to let them put them in. They still haven’t made their way over yet, maybe the company realized how absolutely idiotic they are.
The only reason they wanted them is because when someone wasn’t standing directly in front of them they would play full screen ads for whatever was (supposed to be) inside.
Door sized screens for food coolers: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/business/walgreens-freezer-screens/index.html
“It will not record audio, and it will not use facial recognition,”…
YET
The NYPD does not own the robot, Adams said, but is in fact leasing it from the Knightscope company…
A company which I’m sure is 100% ethical, and has no ulterior motives whatsoever.
I don’t believe for half a second that it’s not going to use facial recognition and record everything. What they mean is that those recordings won’t be available for public review when the thing messes up and harasses people who are just going about their day.
