Woman arrested after blocking delivery robot in Philadelphia confrontation

21 hours ago by ExtremeDullard to c/fuck_ai

A Philadelphia woman was arrested after allegedly refusing to move out of the path of a delivery robot.

ExtremeDullard 73 points 21 hours ago

If the robot had hit the lady, it wouldn't have been arrested, and its corporate owners wouldn't have been charged. Because you know, the AI did it. Oopsies...

Welcome to a world where man has fewer rights than machines.

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RedGreenBlue 24 points 16 hours ago

The robots should get iff the sidewalk. Let it be with other motor traffic.

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eurodyne 14 points 21 hours ago

Well, there had to be a first.

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Monkey 2 points 7 hours ago

Charged with disorderly conduct in case anyone's wondering.

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rhinestones -5 points 12 hours ago

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Ilovethebomb -12 points 20 hours ago

She sounds like a bit of a nutter, to be honest.

We've been losing jobs to automation for over a hundred years, and yet most of the adult population are employed.

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ExtremeDullard 37 points 20 hours ago

She may or may not be a nutter (her reaction is probably a by-product of being from another generation though, I would guess).

But the point it, blocking a fucking robot shouldn't be an arrestable offense.

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fckusa 4 points 18 hours ago

@ExtremeDullard @Ilovethebomb It's not a generational thing! We all should block them.

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Ilovethebomb -12 points 19 hours ago

You're missing the part where the police told her multiple times to knock it off, that's what got her arrested.

Jobless behaviour, in my opinion.

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Droechai 20 points 15 hours ago

Do you need to change your behaviour if the police commands it? Unless there is a law that requires meat suits to always yield to robots

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snooggums 12 points 13 hours ago

"The police are always right to tell people to stop doing anything that hurts businesses!"

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wizblizz 2 points 7 hours ago

Not sure how you type so well with your hands full jerking off authoritarian cocks.

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DoctorWhoDMC -13 points 18 hours ago

I mean you may not like self-serve machines in grocery stores, but if you stand in front of it and stop it working while a customer was in the middle of using it... you are making a tool of yourself and being a public nuisance.

Someone's expecting a meal they paid for and you're in the goddamn way.

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Lauchmelder 21 points 18 hours ago

Coming at it from another angle: I would hate for sidewalks to be taken over by robots. It feels like the sidewalks get less safe if there's these feet-level robots running around on there.If anything they should be on the road, maybe in a faster vehicle. Maybe a bigger vehicle, maybe one that already exists. Hmm

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DoctorWhoDMC -3 points 17 hours ago

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itsprobablyfine 11 points 12 hours ago

Motor Vehicles belong in the street. Sidewalks are the tiny little space we used to allocate for humans. I guess we're not allowed any space now, just need to either drive everywhere or have it delivered. What a lovely society we're building.

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DoctorWhoDMC -3 points 12 hours ago

The street used to belong to humans, too... Isn't having miniature robots– or bikes– a lot safer and more efficient than having to haul entire vehicles around to deliver a bag of food? Especially in tight-nit city areas where traffic already poses a huge problem for people who just want their space to be walkable.

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JohnnyEnzyme -13 points 20 hours ago

So her gotcha reasoning is that the delivery robots are taking jobs?

I mean... food delivery has always kind of sucked, and I feel like I hear just as much negative experiences about UberEats, DoorDash and all that stuff as I do positive stuff. Plus, every time she pulls this little stunt, she's also punishing the person waiting for their hot food.

I guess it just feels like there are better ways to protest / hijack AI & robots, such as writing & calling her local representatives, because I doubt this this self-righteous behavior is really helping anyone at the end of the day.

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Eq0 24 points 19 hours ago

She also states that these actions allow her to start discussions with bystanders about AI and automation. In this sense, this is activism

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JohnnyEnzyme -27 points 19 hours ago

Sounds good, altho I wish she found a better way than screwing with the restaurant and the customer. For example, what if she had someone construct a cheap, rudimentary robot that looked like it was one of the delivery robots, then pretended to block it and got engagement that way?

Bing-- no need for police to get involved, no arrest drama (which could always go tragically wrong), no bothering actual businesses and customers.

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black0ut 32 points 17 hours ago

This "protesters should be quiet and not disturb anyone" rethoric is part of the reason why the US and many other places don't have any real protests.

No, protests should hurt the economy. They should inconvenience people. They should make noise and be heard. And if you don't like it, join the cause and change the root issue that caused the protests in the first place.

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JohnnyEnzyme -22 points 16 hours ago

That's what I was talking about in the first place, genius.

And please-- it's not a binary situation. You can make your mark and your voice heard without necessarily having to fuck over others. This is not Skynet, and this isn't a matter of life & death. Nothing that I stated above was implausible or impotent, but let me guess... it's not enough to protest something smartly and effectively... no, it's gotta be something that shades destructive and violent, like the riots in France right now, right? Originally over school funding issues, and now subverted by looters & rioters in to far worse.

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queermunist 9 points 12 hours ago

she’s also punishing the person waiting for their hot food.

Sloppy piggies just want their treats and support hurting anyone that gets in their way.

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wizblizz 5 points 7 hours ago

No, there aren't better ways, as evidenced by it getting enough attention that the pigs had to make up an excuse to arrest her.

I don't think this is the right forum for you to be posting in. You can chortle corporate chode elsewhere.

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JohnnyEnzyme 1 point 2 minutes ago

Ah yes... any disagreement upon the message is of course being a "corporate chud."

Binary people-- would you like to say something for posterity..?

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