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> Is it that bad of an idea? Driving at 60mph with shaky internet connection? Absolutely. Piloting a robot to fold laundry? Maybe not. Allowing random people
by darth_avocado 2y ago
> Is it that bad of an idea?
Driving at 60mph with shaky internet connection? Absolutely.
Piloting a robot to fold laundry? Maybe not.
Allowing random people to pilot robots in your house with children around? Absolutely horrific.
- xyzzy123 2y agoIt seems like there's considerable demand for human labour "below the API" that you don't have to talk to. It's kind of sad but people seem to get comfortable with it very quickly.
- kortilla 2y ago> Allowing random people to pilot robots in your house with children around? Absolutely horrific. Your risk analysis on this is completely wrong. If there is some vetting here this is fine. No different than a babysitter or a handyman off the Internet
- defrost 2y agoYou're saying then that tools exist to scan and ping all babysiters and handymen across the globe, fingerprint them for version, lookup zero-days, apply them to matching staff, exploit that to monitor children remotely, and take control over home assistants function to shepard children out the door to a "party van" ? That's the ecosystem that surrounds most actual IoT devices - I can't see home robots being any different.
- nneonneo 2y agoThe Pied Piper, in robot form.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoWho gets a babysitter off the Internet?
- oblio 2y agoApparently at least everyone who keeps this website going, at least: https://www.babysits.org/ https://www.babysits.org/
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- darth_avocado 2y agoMy “vetted” Doordash/Ubereats drivers sometimes end up eating part of my meals.
- nnurmanov 2y agoThere are FPV drones, although I am not sure about their precision