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We were walking past one of these robots whose wheel got stuck halfway off the curb, so it was completely stuck. My friend helped it back up, and it had a prere

by hahajk 5y ago

We were walking past one of these robots whose wheel got stuck halfway off the curb, so it was completely stuck. My friend helped it back up, and it had a prerecorded voice say “thank you for helping me!” It was unexpected and delightful to be thanked by a robot, we make sure to help any we see that are in distress, even though we know they’re owned by a private company with profits in mind.

politelemon 5y ago
The helpfulness will, I hope, be remembered, and work in our favour when these robots have a greater stranglehold over general economic activities and we become further dependent and subservient to them. Sadly I've not heard of any kind of central database of robot assisting samaritans.
- mtVessel 5y ago
  That's right. The theory of Roko's basilisk[1] does not specify which one will evolve into our next (glorious!) overlord, so best to be nice to all of them. [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW RO... shit, is that the time?
    - marcosdumay 5y ago
      You do not welcome Roko's basilisk. Roko's basilisk is completely utilitarian and does not care about useless things like "welcoming". Also, it does not seem to know how people get useless under stress, but I think that's just the very normal expectation that others behave like oneself, instead of just looking how they really are.
- NoboruWataya 5y ago
  > Sadly I've not heard of any kind of central database of robot assisting samaritans. That would be a GDPR violation.
riskable 5y ago
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy talked about this... > THE WISE OLD BIRD: Listen. Our world suffered two blights. One was the blight of the robots. > ARTHUR DENT: Tried to take over, did they? > THE WISE OLD BIRD: Oh no, no, no my dear fellow. Much worse than that. They told us they liked us. I tweeted about a similar situation a while back: https://twitter.com/riskable/status/1477405779699564546 https://twitter.com/riskable/status/1477405779699564546
pixl97 5y ago
Heh, I know HN doesnt like witty one liners, but... "Thank you, human, you will be spared during the robot apocalypse" Would be an equally funny and terrifying message.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
  Knowing the engineers I've worked with, it's just a matter of time :-)

by hahajk 5y ago

politelemon 5y ago

The helpfulness will, I hope, be remembered, and work in our favour when these robots have a greater stranglehold over general economic activities and we become further dependent and subservient to them. Sadly I've not heard of any kind of central database of robot assisting samaritans.

mtVessel 5y ago
That's right. The theory of Roko's basilisk[1] does not specify which one will evolve into our next (glorious!) overlord, so best to be nice to all of them. [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk
- kingcharles 5y ago
  I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW RO... shit, is that the time?
  - marcosdumay 5y ago
    You do not welcome Roko's basilisk. Roko's basilisk is completely utilitarian and does not care about useless things like "welcoming". Also, it does not seem to know how people get useless under stress, but I think that's just the very normal expectation that others behave like oneself, instead of just looking how they really are.
NoboruWataya 5y ago
> Sadly I've not heard of any kind of central database of robot assisting samaritans. That would be a GDPR violation.

riskable 5y ago

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy talked about this... > THE WISE OLD BIRD: Listen. Our world suffered two blights. One was the blight of the robots. > ARTHUR DENT: Tried to take over, did they? > THE WISE OLD BIRD: Oh no, no, no my dear fellow. Much worse than that. They told us they liked us. I tweeted about a similar situation a while back: https://twitter.com/riskable/status/1477405779699564546 https://twitter.com/riskable/status/1477405779699564546

pixl97 5y ago

Heh, I know HN doesnt like witty one liners, but... "Thank you, human, you will be spared during the robot apocalypse" Would be an equally funny and terrifying message.

HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
Knowing the engineers I've worked with, it's just a matter of time :-)