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P1 Just The Latest Robot To Take A Beating From Humans
When, o when, I ask, will we stop beating up on robots? AIs have already gorged themselves on all of our dystopian visions, with take-overs by killer robots.
But, we simply can't help ourselves, can we?
Introducing P1: the cutest and toughest bipedal robot mastering AI reinforcement learning to conquer wild terrains while shrugging off kicks and sticks! 🤖 pic.twitter.com/aSHlfrfXW4
— Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) August 4, 2024
Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick knew that this was going to happen a long time ago. In Autofac, humans tired of being replaced in everything by robots try to take their planet back.
Without warning, Morrison swung the steel pipe in his hand. It slashed against the machine's shoulder and burst through the elaborate network of sensory apparatus that made up its chest. The tank of receptors shattered; bits of glass, wiring and minute parts showered everywhere."It's a paradox!" Morrison yelled. "A word game — a semantic game they're pulling on us. The Cyberneticists have it rigged." He raised the pipe and again brought it down savagely on the unprotesting machine. "They've got us hamstrung. We're completely helpless."
The room was in uproar. "It's the only way," Perine gasped as he pushed past O'Neill. "We'll have to destroy them — it's the network or us." Grabbing down a lamp, he hurled it in the "face" of the factory representative. The
lamp and the intricate surface of plastic burst; Perine waded in, groping blindly for the machine. Now all the people in the room were closing furiously around the upright cylinder, their impotent resentment boiling over. The machine sank down and disappeared as they dragged it to the floor.
(Mob beats up helpless robot in 'Autofac')
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