New rule. No robots that could in any way shape or form be a dude in a suit. - ThreadSky

nome.bsky.social • 6 days ago

New rule.

No robots that could in any way shape or form be a dude in a suit.

Oh wow look the first commercially available home assistant robot.
And it looks absolutely HAUNTING.

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I'm not bringing anything into my home that an axe murderer - or, god forbid, even worse, a Tech bro - could be hiding inside, just waiting for me to go to bed.

greybunny.bsky.social•6 days ago

On the up side, from the side the thing is a stick figure, so as long as you check the robo-booty regularly you'd be safe.

tmece.bsky.social•6 days ago

Tech bros love watching people sleep. 😬

birderk.bsky.social•6 days ago

Okay, but the tech bros are all gonna want one, right? This is how the Silicon Valley Serial Killer gets their start!

baconwrangler.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well, as long as no one but techbros buy one, I’m not seeing a downside to this scenario.

morticia91.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's too slender to be a tech bro.

jermspace.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is some FNAF level of nope

orcrist86.bsky.social•6 days ago

Decker: Enhance grid 4x2 and magnify
*Blade runner computer noises
Decker: Jesus fucking christ

greybunny.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's even worse when there's a glowing animated 'processing..' icon in the middle of the face so you *know* when it's looking at you and calculating your fate.

iamjoseph.bsky.social•6 days ago

If it needs to he online it's 100% spying on you

xehtfodrol.bsky.social•6 days ago

No self respecting axe murder would dress like that.

louisathelast.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s got those stranglin’ hands

ouisequitur.bsky.social•6 days ago

lookit the HurrDurrBot

mxlabradorite.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hasn't Doctor Who been teaching that lesson for 60 years??

niais.bsky.social•6 days ago

2025 is the year we prove we have failed to learn every lesson from speculative and science fiction EVER.

redgingersonja.bsky.social•6 days ago

It wasn't a distress call it was a warning.

mxlabradorite.bsky.social•6 days ago

We could at least have had the consideration to wait until Gibson and Stephenson died first. There's plenty of other authors I could name, but those seem like the most prominent and relevant.

imbiesaurus.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh my god I hate it so much! Like it gives me the creepy ick. It -will- come alive while I'm asleep, I know it.

locopells.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's like they've never SEEN a movie, it's ALWAYS the ones that look the most human that go rogue...

isreallytwodogs.bsky.social•6 days ago

One problem is that even if they make them cute like R2D2 it still could be a guy in a suit

nome.bsky.social•6 days ago

Here's my pitch - 2' wide hole in it's chest, that i can see straight through.

titusgrimm.bsky.social•6 days ago

After a few of these “Robot” demos at trade shows have clearly been dude-in-a-suit fakery, the first public facing demo of one of these should be taking a large caliber bullet through center mass, just to keep everyone honest.

redeight.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and stick with the wire mother I’ve got, No, I’m good, no hugs from Baymax’s skivvy techbro cousin. 😬

caraanselmo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Chilling.

czedwards.bsky.social•6 days ago

If only because balance and locomotion on two legs is incredibly processor heavy and requires way more sensors than treads or wheels.

Robots must not be built to climb stairs. We must learn from our prophetic texts (Doctor Who). Make them develop their own levitation (& windshield wipers).

bravolimapoppa.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'd take an Atlas over this thing.

sjgochenour.bsky.social•6 days ago

we’ve already been culturally conditioned to accept an r2d2! it doesn’t NEED to be dude-shaped!

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