Robots
CCP Drones Tell Shanghai Residents ‘Control Your Soul’s Desire For Freedom,’ ‘Comply With Covid Restrictions’
Video footage from the Chinese city of Shanghai shows government-operated drones telling residents to “control your soul’s desire for freedom” and “do not open the window or sing.”
Shanghai is home to some 26 million residents, and almost all of them are currently in Covid lockdown in accordance with the Chinese Communist Party’s policies, unable to leave their homes due to state-enforced quarantine.
The Robots Are Coming
For many of us visions of the future have often included images of robots who can think on their own and perform tasks. In some visions, those robots were in a Jetson’s style universe with floating objects and robots who make our lives easier. For others, they envisioned a dystopian Terminator style landscape where robots are trying to kill us.
While these scenarios make for great TV’s and movies – the reality is much more nuanced, but still very exciting. We are seeing firsthand that robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are becoming a regular part of our lives and our economy and we are all better off for it -that is if the politicians and cronies can get out of the way.
Robot doctors take over hospital to reduce COVID spread
Dr. Spot, a dog-like mobile robot programmed to triage hospital patients, is the newest front-line health-care worker to join the fight against COVID-19.
Grandma is going to freak out.
AOC slams NYPD’s $75,000 robotic police dog named Digidog as racist – saying it prowls the streets only in low-income communities of color
The Democratic firebrand blasted the police department’s four-legged ‘Digidog’ in a succession of Thursday tweets, two days after the cyber hound was filmed responding to a home invasion in her home borough of the Bronx.
This Is Somehow Real: Tom Cruise Has Purchased 2 Covid Restriction Enforcing Robots to Roam the Mission Impossible 7 Movie Set
Yeah, this isn’t creepy or dystopian at all. It’s just certified weirdo Tom Cruise purchasing robots to patrol his movie sets checking for Covid violations.
Pennsylvania legalizes delivery robots that weigh up to 550 pounds, classifies them as pedestrians
Pennsylvania has legalized autonomous delivery robots that roam sidewalks to deliver goods same-day from business-to-business or from point of sale to the buyer.