We talk a lot about whether we can trust robots, but can robots trust us? HitchBOT was a robot on a goodwill tour of the world, depending on the kindness of strangers to get from one end of a country to the other. After successful tours of Canada and various parts of Europe, it came to the US. We killed it. We killed it good.
What does this say about the US? What about the future of AI?
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HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, gets beheaded in Philadelphia
HitchBOT Was A Literal Pile Of Trash And Got What It Deserved
Here's Video of the Jerk Who Killed hitchBOT (Update: It's a Hoax)