Thursday, November 21, 2019

Look at this sad robot and rejoice at your human superiority

Look at this sad robot and rejoice at yur human superiorityLook at this sad robot and rejoice at yur human superiorityRobots will take our jobs, sure- if they live that long.This we know There are many dystopian predictions of how our future robot overlords will take our jobs. Two-thirds of Americans believe that robots will be doing the jobs of humans in 50 years.SIGN UP FOR LADDERS DAILY NEWSLETTERBut thanks to one widely shared photo on Monday, we know that at least were still superior in one area swimming.Twitter user Bilal Farooqi shared a photo of a robot that wandered into a watering hole at the Georgetown Waterfront where he works.The photo alone has already become a symbol of human-robot relations on social media. An image of two humans appearing to help a fallen security robot is delicious to those of clinging to our species last shreds of dignity.That the security robot appears to be the 300-pound Knightscope K5 model makes it even better.Looking like a clunky R2D2 from St ar Wars, the Knightscope K5 was built to be a crime-fighting robot that could rove our streets and monitor for suspicious activity. It has been used in some offices and malls across America.There have been hiccups, however. One Knightscope got defeated by a drunk man who knocked it down. Anotherran over a toddlers foot.16 mo old has injuries to leg, foot after StanfordShop security robot knocks him down and runs him over. paloalto pic.twitter.com/tJdDNeFJq1- Lilian Kim (liliankim7) July 12, 2016And now, one Knightscope has fallen into a watery grave.We dont know where our jobs will be in 50 years, but we can take comfort in knowing we have the upper hand so far. Gauging by how people have reacted to the photo on Twitter, were projecting our hopes and anxieties about our robotic futures onto this K5s 300-pound frame.

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