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[–] [email protected] 65 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At least Roombo-cops won't be racist.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sadly if you train your AI on racist data, you get a racist robot. So that's not a given.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Ai vision tends not to see black people, so black people are safe.

[–] ImplyingImplications 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of the Better Off Ted episode where their workplace adds automatic sensors for things like water fountains. They find out the sensors don't work on dark skin so they fix the issue by installing a special water fountain for dark skinned people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That show was so underappreciated. And that episode is usually the one I recommend for people checking it out for the first time.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How does it handle acorns?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Perfect! Then it's ready!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Robot: "so anyway, I started blasting"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it check for skin colour first?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's the future, son. We can do better. Kill everyone.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

We can kill everyone while still targeting some people first.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a Michael Reeves video.

[–] bionicjoey 1 points 11 months ago

I was going to say IDAT, but he actually used a robot dog