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[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 54 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

That’s because it’s built to travel on roadways and bike lanes, leaving its fellow sidewalk crawlers in the dust.

This is a pretty concerning detail buried near the end. How safe is it to bikers to be sharing space with these kinds of things? And if they become more common, what stops them from crowding out the space entirely?

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The same thing that keeps bikers from crowding out multiple lanes when they travel. Think of the robots' safety!

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I wonder what the legal ramifications of pushing one over would be

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

You can rest assured corpos will have laws on the books to protect their property. Don't be surprised if this property becomes an extension of their "person" and attempted murder or manslaughter charges are a possibility.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

It'll probably be classified as terrorism before too long.

[–] TediousLength@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's around 5 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 350 pounds... No matter the safety mesures that thing should not be sharing a espace with what could be an 80 pound kid on rollerblades with a heltmet.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

If that had been a person who refused orders to leave the scene they would've been manhandled to the ground and arrested at best. Delivery robot was treated with more respect by the police than an actual human.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Amazon has ac for it's equipment but none for the workers. Cruelty is the point.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago

"I identify as a delivery robot"

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Uh, yeah. Because it's a robot. Not a person. It's limited to robot things, not potentially infinite person things.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Thats because the delivery robot is corporate property while people are not (currently).

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Shit. Robot's got hustle. Get it little guy. ACAB. Fuck them cops, get that paper.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Shocked the cops didn't light it up for "resisting."

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

Its corporate property, protecting it is the police main job lol

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

He knows his rights! Also, he also has legitimate claims to sovereign citizenship.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Next time SWAT has me barricaded in I'm gonna have to remember to just start ordering as much delivery as possible. The humming sound you can't hear but feel in your fillings is the infrasound from an approaching Amazon drone swarm delivering the 1000 lead dildos I Next Half Hour ordered.

[–] braydan@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good thing it wasn't dog shaped or the cops would have shot it.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 5 days ago

Boston Dynamics robot cowers in fear

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

>A huge DoorDash box truck rolled up to take it away, with an employee seen on camera appearing to manually pilot it towards the truck’s rear.

Bake him away, toys!

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm sorry... a what? I've ordered DoorDash several times and never got a delivery robot.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you ever asked them to complete a Turing test?

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

If we're talking about LLMs, that probably wouldn't have even worked.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Uncivilized nightmares.