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South Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] foggy 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Man what an amazing artistic statement that would be... For a company to build human replacement robots, but build into them some trigger for them to start jumping out of windows.

[–] athairmor 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They could have some “quiet quit”. Robots with mundane jobs that don’t get enough stimulation or rewards end up spending most of their time parked in a corner or closet. When they do move, they move at ~50% their design speed.

Some robots could steal food from the refrigerator; some could spray strong perfumes; some could chat up the management then go fuck up a staff person’s work to make them look bad.

The possibilities are endless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I think I've seen robot vacuums that have done just that kind of quiet quit. Non robot ones, too, when I think of it.

Some robots could steal food from the refrigerator; some could spray strong perfumes; some could chat up the management then go fuck up a staff person’s work to make them look bad.

So, like a dog.