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Comments on Mall Robotic Ad Won't Leave You Alone
Does this sound familiar, Belgian shoppers? 'Morris pushed wearily past the salesrobot, up the sidewalk toward the residential-block that contained his living-unit.' (Read
the complete story)
| "If one of those followed me around I would be forced to break it." ( 1/25/2011 6:08:08 PM) |
| "Just imagine how bad it would be if it used face recognition to determine your identity, and then started talking to you, using all the information that advertisers have about you." (Bill Christensen 2/2/2011 6:28:07 AM) |
| "This is not desirable technology, and the fact that it received research funding is enough to require me to destroy any example of it I encounter, on moral principal. There is no excuse for the lack of compassion for fellow man on a scale that makes one think harassing passers-by with something as universally hated as advertisements acceptable. Why are you going out of your way to ruin other people's day?" (H. Concordis 2/5/2011 10:03:17 AM) |
| "I'm sure many people feel the same way. I think Phil Dick captures the worst of it in his short story; if you were being harassed by a human salesperson, you can communicate your displeasure easily. but how can you get rid of an automatic machine?" (Bill Christensen 2/6/2011 7:54:34 AM) |
| "I should also mention the creditor jet-balloons from Lies, Inc. a 1964 Philip K. Dick story. These devices followed people who owed money and dunned them for it unceasingly." (Bill Christensen 2/7/2011 1:58:48 PM) |
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