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In a surprise to no one except those that stay on LinkedIn like it’s a second job… (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by viva_la_juche@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago

I remember my cousin had a robot like that controlled by a guy for his bar mitzvah almost 30 years ago

The bazingas may be the stupidest nerds in the history of nerddom

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

"History is bunk," say computer touchers that don't know that they're bumbling into repeating history mistakes.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

It always makes me think, like don’t they have to be smart in order to code, let alone work in tech?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

Yeah, sort of. But to fit in and thrive in the tech industry, ideological obedience and having no distracting interests or values other than "make the rich richer" are even more important.

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

don’t they have to be smart in order to code,

All evidence points to the contrary

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Absolutely not. You do have to be able to code and debug in order to code, and even then, some people...

Even PhDs can say stupid things outside their expertise.

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

@UlyssesT@hexbear.net you were saying something about mechanical turks the other day in regards to these I believe… lol

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

knight-nod

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

I saw the robot and I clapped! amerikkka-clap Robot good, Elon good!!

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shame @Elon_Musk@hexbear.net can't reply

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Why not?

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Banned user

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Huh. I guess I'll check the mod logs. dead-dove-1

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Just like that chess robot that actually just had a grandmaster playing inside the cabinet

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

Oh someone already referenced that

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

Elon Musk should be converted into a Servitor.

[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

Not as funny as when they just had a guy in a suit to represent what a humanoid robot would look like, but still good.

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Wait, I just finally got around to looking up this story. Why are the robots wearing blackface? (or the closest approximation thereof possible given techno-minimalist aesthetics)

[-] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 days ago

Because robot engineering requires we can see that their eyes light up red when they turn evil. You need a high contrast background.

Did you even study Asimov's laws?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I believe it's a combination of "dark robot looks more badass" and a bit of white supremacy dog whistling from "black servant serving drinks."

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah those. But also in the second reading, the white part of the robot is clothes and the black part is skin, and checking the robot again yields a bonus sexual pathology reading.