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Robot Runs Amok, Sends Man to Hospital on a Stretcher at Robot Fair
Nanfang, the ^
| 21 November 2016
Posted on 11/25/2016 7:20:05 AM PST by Lorianne
In what some Chinese news sites are calling a “first of its kind”, a person has been injured by a robot that malfunctioned, causing him to be sent to hospital.
It happened Thursday afternoon at the 18th annual Shenzhen High-Tech Fair, where much of the country’s newest technology gets put on display.
A robot nicknamed “Little Tubby” is being blamed for getting out of control and smashing a glass display case and injuring a person who had to be taken to hospital on a stretcher.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenanfang.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: robots
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:20:05 AM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
And so it begins........duh, duh, duhhhhhhh.....
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:23:06 AM PST
by
reed13k
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:26:05 AM PST
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:27:52 AM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:28:36 AM PST
by
Preston Manning
(When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
To: Lorianne
Have we learned nothing from Westworld?
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:29:06 AM PST
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: VRW Conspirator
But apparently the “three laws” do not apply to the AI that eventually becomes Skynet.
It is begun....
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:32:47 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(Je suis deplorable.)
To: Lorianne
Little Tubby....Hahahaha.
I denounce myself to our robot overlords.
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:33:01 AM PST
by
Politically Correct
(A member of the rabble in good standing)
To: Lorianne
My job is getting busier.
I’m a Blade Runner.
“Little Tubby” was a pleasure model.
I gave him a Voight-Comp and he almost passed......as a fireplug.
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:36:28 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Lorianne
ED 209
To: Lorianne
I guess they forgot the behavioral inhibitors.
“.... That could never happen now, with our behavioral inhibitors. Impossible for me to harm or, by omission of action, allow to be harmed, a human being.”
(Bishop, in Aliens)
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:41:11 AM PST
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:42:14 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: Lorianne
He didn’t like them putting him on display and calling him “Tubby.”
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:43:36 AM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:46:34 AM PST
by
real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: Politically Correct
Little Tubby!
I just KNEW he was a robot!
To: Lorianne
To: Lorianne
Anyone remember "Captain Video" and "I,Tobor?"
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posted on
11/25/2016 7:59:49 AM PST
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
11/25/2016 8:43:26 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Lorianne
Mad genius robot scientist no the risk.
There is always the possibility that robots will run amok.
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posted on
11/25/2016 8:46:35 AM PST
by
Leep
(Stronger without her!)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
11/25/2016 8:47:57 AM PST
by
Leep
(Stronger without her!)
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