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Livestreamers Film Themselves Using Humanoid Robot to Sexually Assault Teen Girl, Prompting Police to Seize the Bot (futurism.com)

submitted 5 days ago by supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Make no mistake: these robots aren’t autonomous and everything they do is controlled by a human operator. Those hip thrusts and other gross gestures are pre-programmed moves, not something that’s happening spontaneously.

Nonetheless, the German police statement added an unnecessary air of mystery to who was responsible for these actions, saying that it’s now “investigating how the robot was operating at the time of the incident and whether someone was deliberately controlling its movements.”

This is unfortunately another example of how men looking for clout are using the latest gadgets to target women. Plenty of other livestreamers and Instagram “pick up artists” are using Meta smart glasses to film themselves harassing girls on the street and record them without their consent.

Remember when technology was about a vision of the future and not just a reflection of media illiterate, sexist and bigoted rightwing boys?

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[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 2 points 2 days ago

That's too both too broad and too nihilistic, humans are perfectly capable of good, and/or of doing their job, specifically in this case not the police in Cologne (though in the spirit of fairness, maybe it will just take them a bit more—too much—time), and I think all the more why should be criticized (and the molesters, but that almost goes without saying).