I just watched a robot kick a child and I'm over it — let's keep robots away from people until these…
Robot roundhouse kicks child — I wish I were making that up, but we have the video evidence, and while I know that AI could generate a similar film, this one appears to be quite, and unfortunately, real.
Most of today's humanoid robotics companies are enthusiastically pitching an immediate future where robots and humans live side-by-side. It's an exciting, sci-fi-fulfilling possibility; it's also, based on this recent video evidence, potentially very, very dangerous.
The video is short on details, but the images speak for themselves. A children's party or event, possibly with a robot hired as entertainment. They probably wanted it to dance for them like a clown, hence the blue wig.
I don't know if the robot was bothered by the wig, but whatever the reason, it danced down an aisle of children and then roundhouse kicked one unsuspecting child in the gut. Some kids laughed nervously,...
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