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Some choice comments:

It's only logical to put those people who can't control themselves in an institution or jail.

"Real capitalism has never been tried":

Capitalism is okay, aggressive colonial plutocracy isn't.

On rehabilitation being better than punishment:

I doesn't feel right.

Casual sinophobia:

Lol, Chinese people don't even help other Chinese people when they're hurt/injured.

Arm robots? Sounds like a great idea!

A lady ridding a robot. They should be able to eletroshock anyone trying to harass them

Empathy? What is that?:

I feel bad for these people. 😔

...why?

"Design effort" > human lives

There should be a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for anyone who vandalizes these robots. There's a great deal of design effort that goes into achieving compliance with existing regulations and society in order to make sure it behaves appropriately. People vandalizing them is no different than vandalizing other public infrastructure and should be punished accordingly.

Lifetime imprisonment for stealing food:

Lock the people up and throw away the key. Far too many people fetishize mental disorders and use that as an excuse for bad actions. I firmly believe the amount of people you think have mental illnesses are actually pretty low, and these people here are just using that as an excuse to cause disorder and chaos.

Eugenics enjoyer:

Personally, I think the death punishment or at the very minimum sterilization should be handed out to people that commit such crimes so that they can't pass on their lowlife genes. Give me a single reason why the existence of the disgusting old skank riding the robot in the video or the man kicking over the robot at the beginning somehow contributes to humanity and why people like them should have the liberty of having children.

This is another issue of UBI in my opinion as well. Our current job market is a gene-filtering system of sorts, where the more intelligent, hardworking, and cooperative you are, the more likely you are to earn more money, giving you the option to have children. What happens when you give even the dregs of society like those in the video who contribute nothing the resources to have kids? Lower intelligence is already positively correlated with fertility. If you completely remove the bottleneck of finances by implementing UBI, its pretty easy to guess what is to come.

There's soup kitchens, social markets, etc. etc. Doubt anyone in America or the EU literally has to steal or starve.

racism

so are we ignoring the fact it's the basketball americans


There are some comments that are more reasonable to be fair.

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[-] Othello@hexbear.net 80 points 11 months ago

"basketball Americans" just say the slur you cowards, we all know you want to.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago

They can't be bigots; they have lanyards, are paid too well, and were told all throughout their technical training that they were above such prejudices because they were nonpolitically full of logic and reason. galaxy-brain

[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 41 points 11 months ago

"but racism is when you say the n word and are the kkk. I'm not saying it, which makes me not racist"

speech-l

so-true

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[-] pooh@hexbear.net 63 points 11 months ago

Lol, Chinese people don't even help other Chinese people when they're hurt/injured.

What a load of horseshit. China is one of the friendliest places I’ve ever been to, right up there with Ireland.

[-] KarlBarqs@hexbear.net 57 points 11 months ago

It's an old racist canard reddit-logo loves to bring out. They believe China has laws that punish those who try to help but don't succeed, and so they believe Chinese people just let people die rather than helping.

[-] ElHexo@hexbear.net 45 points 11 months ago

China did have an issue with "good samaritan" liability laws which they amended in the late 2010s

There may be some ongoing issues from going too far in the other direction but I'm an expert

And not to detract from your post, I agree the reddit-logo racists are exactly that

[-] KarlBarqs@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I recall it being somewhat of a thing, but like with most of Reddit they'll latch onto the smallest thing and blow it out of proportion

Good to hear it's been amended at least xi-lib-tears

[-] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In China, robot delivery vehicles deployed to help with COVID-19 emergency

Literally first google result, wonder what their reaction would be. Actualy we already know, something something authoritarian fascist lockdown yadayada.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

Lol, Chinese people don't even help other Chinese people when they're hurt/injured. wojak-nooo

Meanwhile, in circlejerks about NYC:

DAE New Yorkers smart and tough and don't give a fuck and walk right past people bleeding out because they don't have time for that shit? so-true

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[-] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 11 months ago

The AI hypebeasts at r/singularity are racist and bootlickers? say it aint so! shocked-pikachu

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 49 points 11 months ago
[-] absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 11 months ago

Yanquis just have a thing for eugenics. Scratch 'em once, watch it jump out.

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 45 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lul @ "basketball Americans" and "tHe cUReNt URBaN EnVirOnMent"!

stalin-gun-1stalin-gun-2

[-] NoGodsNoMasters@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

One of them just straight up said monkeys even

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[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago

/r/singularity

Wow, shocking, bazinga fetishists going straight for the racism and dehumanization.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago

Finally, a subreddit named after the thing its users should be hurled into.

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago

When the fantastical far future of (post)humanity is envisioned as dehumanizing nazi shit forever and ever like a typical Nick Land drug binge but they're scared of people with pronoun preferences or even hair dye. agony-4horsemen

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

People vandalizing them is no different than vandalizing other public infrastructure and should be punished accordingly.

when you’re a yank bazinga robots carrying pad Thai is all the public infrastructure you get

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago

And of course the infrastructure annexes people space instead of car space 🙄

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago

The older lady gyrating on top of the robot is hilarious. I hope it hurts the tech bros’ feelings

[-] keatsta@hexbear.net 37 points 11 months ago

I think for me the most infuriating thing about these delivery robots is how much space they take up and how much they fuck up the normal flow of foot traffic. It takes up more space and is more disruptive than most people walking, but it isn't a person walking, it's a private company's product delivering one person's order and also serve as a rolling advertisement for the delivery service and restaurant. Granted, if it was apparent how many cars on the road were just Uber Eats drivers, I'd probably find that infuriating too, but at least they aren't more disruptive than a typical car. Can you imagine if these things took off? If there were dozens of these things rolling down every sidewalk? It'd be a pedestrian hell, especially for those with mobility issues.

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[-] BabaIsPissed@hexbear.net 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'll choose to believe that thread is full of children. I mean their way of thinking is so infantile.

We want real life to be like the science fiction movie.

Robots = Progress.

People are "harassing" delivery robots which are definetly sentient they even gave them little eyes.

Blaming people for stealing from these things that apparently don't even have locks

I didn't expect better from r/singularity, but looking at this stuff is really sad. This is the future these people settled for.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

We want real life to be like the science fiction movie.

Robots = Progress.

I am in no way defending Redditors.

I saw the clip yesterday and it invoked a lot of pathos in me. Robots have been one of the dreams of a better tomorrow for a century now. We're finally getting to the point where robotics isn't just a pipe dream or plot device and our society is so broken that we can only react to it with malice, greed, and fear. Instead of looking forward to allowing people more leisure time, we're forced to worriedly figure out which jobs they'll replace first. And yeah, a smaller manifestation of that is that we should be marveling at all the science and engineering that goes into making them work, but a portion of us just want to vandalize them.

It's like watching first contact with an intelligent alien species and seeing someone run up and mug the alien for their wallet.

Unlike the Redditors though, I beleive that it's society that's failed the people in that video by subjecting them to such day-to-day cruelty that they think it's fun or necessary to destroy or steal.

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[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 35 points 11 months ago
  • Seeing fascists come out in full force over a treat robot is a great reminder of why I'm on the ML train
  • "I'll fuck this up just for fun" is not leftism; you want to be intentional and targeted when you call for direct action or else you open the door for opportunists and risk getting lost in the sauce
[-] honeynut@lemm.ee 33 points 11 months ago

one of them has a fucking flair that says

Empathy = The Force

[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Imagine posting this and thinking "cool, nice future, crime solved" not "wow that sounds exactly like the plot of a dystopian movie from the 90s"

We don’t really have to worry about theft after the coming next few years. Once you’re detected by AI stealing at one store your personally identifiable data will be shared amongst all merchants via a subscription service. Stores will dial 911 as the thief approaches the entrance of a any store the rest of their lives.

Edit: bonus round

Wow our startrek future might be diverted by violent felons, greedy thieves, and mentally I’ll drug addicts.

You really can’t make the world a better place.

I'm so glad I don't have a reddit account or I'd be screaming at this guy about the Bell riots

[-] LeninsBeard@hexbear.net 34 points 11 months ago

We don’t really have to worry about theft after the coming next few years. Once you’re detected by AI stealing at one store your personally identifiable data will be shared amongst all merchants via a subscription service. Stores will dial 911 as the thief approaches the entrance of a any store the rest of their lives.

This is the mf screeching at you about social credit scores

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Stores will dial 911 as the thief approaches the entrance of a any store the rest of their lives.

Steal a candy bar? No groceries for you ever! No medicine or clothes either. Right to a fair trial? Serving your sentence? Statute of limitations? Fuck that! Steal $2 of food and you should be made to literally starve in the middle of a city that throws half of its food in the fucking garbage!

But you aren't just banned from these stories, an automatic police call gets sent to you for even going near them or looking in! So you might not need to starve if the cope ice you first.

These people are genuine fascists.

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[-] YaaAsantewaa@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago

I was going to write a serious reply, but then I got to this part and I can't stop laughing lol

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago

I don't live anywhere these job thieves are used but if I did you better believe I'd be kicking over every single one I saw

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

They’re getting off easy in this video they should be getting Molotov snacks to carry

[-] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 27 points 11 months ago

r/singularity

LOL of course they are eugenists these are the same people (or fanboys of people) boot licking cult leader Eliezer Yudkowsky's hyper rationalism because they don't want their "AI overlords" to enslave them and are preemptively uploading their 200 billion IQ mind onto the next Muskian brain gadget so they can utilize their precious Silicon Valley insight to build a better world for their purist white nationalist children ten generations down the line.

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago

i like how the preview generator shows the slogan tagline. should say:

Reddit - Dive into propertarian racism

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago

What a bunch of fucking nerds. If I see one of these I'm flipping it over too because it's funny.

[-] Nationalgoatism@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago

If I ever see one of these I'm fucking it up just for shits and giggles

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[-] Othello@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago

i am such a sucker for robots with eyes. my first thought was awwww poor robot... oh wait it cant be sad its a robot. get that food!

[-] sammer510@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

Star Trek future? Wasn't the Human Federation at least implicitly communist?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

They don't want a Star Trek future. Period.

They're too deeply invested in the idea of being rich in a fantastical space future. What they want is something like Fallout without the slightest realization that that'd be a bad society to live in, even before the nukes.

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