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Aussiesuede
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 Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:33 pm Post subject: Hitchbot Successfully Travel Canada & Europe, But Decapitated After 2 Weeks in the US. |
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| Quote: | Philadelphia may be the City of Brotherly Love — but that compassion apparently does not include robots.
The child-sized robot, hitchBOT, had hitchhiked across Canada and parts of Europe, was damaged beyond repair in Philadelphia.
The robot had set out to travel cross-country. It was immobile on its own, relying on the kindness of strangers. Those who picked it up often passed it to other travelers or left it where others might notice it.
It began its American odyssey in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on July 17. It made it to the Boston area and even took in a Red Sox game.
Philadelphia may be the City of Brotherly Love — but that compassion apparently does not include robots.
The child-sized robot, hitchBOT, had hitchhiked across Canada and parts of Europe, was damaged beyond repair in Philadelphia, according to its creators.
The robot had set out to travel cross-country. It was immobile on its own, relying on the kindness of strangers. Those who picked it up often passed it to other travelers or left it where others might notice it.
It began its American odyssey in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on July 17. It made it to the Boston area and even took in a Red Sox game.
But after just two weeks in America, hitchBOT was "vandalized" in Philadelphia on Friday night, according to a statement from the team monitoring the robot's travels.
The creators were sent an image of the vandalized robot Saturday but could not track its location because its battery was dead,
The robot was designed to be a talking travel companion. It could throw out random factoids.
"We want to see what people do with this kind of technology when we leave it up to them," Frauke Zeller, one of the creators and an assistant professor in professional communication at Toronto's Ryerson University, told the AP. "It's an art project in the wild — it invites people to participate."
The robot, wearing yellow wellies, attended a wedding in Germany, had its portrait painted in the Netherlands and was making big plans for its cross-country tour of the U.S., including taking in some jazz in New Orleans and snapping a selfie with the Hollywood sign. |
HitchBot Decapitated
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lakersken80
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Philly still a dump.  |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Did they think it was Santa Claus? |
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rwongega
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Aussiesuede
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | | Did they think it was Santa Claus? |
They probably thought it was a cute attempt at Police Surveillance.
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ContagiousInspiration
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | hitchBOT – @hitchBOT
My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Thanks friends: http://goo.gl/rRTSW2 |
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Theseus
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| rwongega wrote: | "We want to see what people do with this kind of technology when we leave it up to them." - Hitchbot creator
Well, I think you know the answer when you send it to a crime-ridden urban neighborhood. Next time, send a Terminator. |
This is actually the prequel to terminator. This is WHY artificial intelligence wants us dead. |
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PLATNUM
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Freakin America.
Poor Hitchbot didn't have enough "swag".
At least he didnt join a gang and participate in any murders. (that we know of)
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| This is why the Fresh Prince left for Bel Air.... |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Did it hitch peacefully through the dangerous areas of Europe? Guessing not so much. |
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ContagiousInspiration
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| OregonLakerGuy wrote: | | Did it hitch peacefully through the dangerous areas of Europe? Guessing not so much. |
makes me feel better about the USA. Thank you |
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The culprit was apparently an out-of-state visitor, a dentist from Minnesota.
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| Buck32 wrote: | | The culprit was apparently an out-of-state visitor, a dentist from Minnesota. |
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Aussiesuede
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| OregonLakerGuy wrote: | | Did it hitch peacefully through the dangerous areas of Europe? Guessing not so much. |
FWIW, the Robot was dropped off on Elfreths Alley, a tourist destination that is literally the oldest Residential Neighborhood in the United States. It wasn't a bad neighborhood.
Elfreths Alley
The guy that dropped it off there is well known in the Philly urban scene and has a strong Twitter following. He dropped it off at 3am, and tweeted where it was. Some drunks on their way home from the bars likely destroyed the bot.
| Quote: | | Throughout their car drive, hitchBOT kept talking and talking. The driver finally said that he had to pull over because he couldn’t keep driving while hitchBOT talked and talked. They eventually dropped the robot off at Elfreth’s Ally around 3 am for someone else to pick him up, like the instructions indicated. They considered hiring a taxi to take hitchBOT to DC, but decided against it out of fear that the taxi would just take the money and drop the robot in a river or something. They even tweeted a request for hitchBOT to be picked up, and many people responded wishing that they could, but it was just too late. |
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Big deal, deport Hitchbot's parts ASAP. If Hitchbot was like other robots, he'd have a real job and not stake his personal welfare on the kindness of others. He is responsible for his own choices, and since he chose to be a social parasite, he got what he deserved. Chalk one up for Darwinism, Hitchbot will never be able to replicate, and thus not corrupt our children with his Godless, socialist-leaning clones.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| What story that begins 3AM in an alley has a happy ending? |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| LakersRGolden wrote: | | What story that begins 3AM in an alley has a happy ending? |
massage parlors, strip clubs, late nights browsing backpage.... take your pick |
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| LAKERSCMXCIX wrote: | | LakersRGolden wrote: | | What story that begins 3AM in an alley has a happy ending? |
massage parlors, strip clubs, late nights browsing backpage.... take your pick |
Touche' |
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WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE?!??
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