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24 Amazon workers sent to hospital after robot accidentally unleashes bear spray
ABC News ^

Posted on 12/05/2018 6:49:42 PM PST by ameribbean expat

Twenty-four Amazon workers in New Jersey have been hospitalized after a robot accidentally tore a can of bear repellent spray in a warehouse, officials said.

The two dozen workers were treated at five local hospitals, Robbinsville Township communications and public information officer John Nalbone told ABC News. One remains in critical condition and 30 additional workers were treated at the scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: amazon; bear; bearspray; chat; spray
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To: proust

Lol


21 posted on 12/05/2018 7:07:31 PM PST by Professional
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To: Brilliant

I checked out of the AI crowd after watching the ISS video.

https://scroll.in/video/904349/watch-first-ai-robot-in-space-throws-a-tantrum-on-the-iss-accuses-astronaut-of-not-being-nice


22 posted on 12/05/2018 7:07:33 PM PST by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David Burge.)
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To: Catmom

"yeah yeah, it was da robot"

23 posted on 12/05/2018 7:08:56 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Brilliant

3 Laws of Robotics

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.


24 posted on 12/05/2018 7:10:00 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: ameribbean expat

This is basically where technology is heading.


25 posted on 12/05/2018 7:14:06 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Brilliant

Science fiction gurus like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein long ago decreed that robots be designed to be incapable of harming humans.


26 posted on 12/05/2018 7:14:14 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: luvbach1

“Science fiction gurus like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein long ago decreed that robots be designed to be incapable of harming humans.”

What’s going to happen when they start designing themselves?


27 posted on 12/05/2018 7:21:01 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: ameribbean expat

Picture of the robot

28 posted on 12/05/2018 7:22:33 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: ameribbean expat

Workplace violence.


29 posted on 12/05/2018 7:28:01 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ameribbean expat

Those Amazon ro-botties always have to keep their bear spray at the ready, because they deal with a lot of different bears at Amazon on a daily basis, and you just never know when they might rise up and cause big bear problems there...


       

30 posted on 12/05/2018 7:36:40 PM PST by Songcraft
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31 posted on 12/05/2018 7:40:05 PM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Brilliant
Is this the first reported “accident” by a robot?

Surgical robot BOTCHES surgery, kills man on operating table while doctors sipped lattes
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3706298/posts
32 posted on 12/05/2018 7:42:52 PM PST by HoneysuckleTN (WWG1WGA! Q / Q+ || President Trump 2020 KAG! :) MAGA!)
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To: ameribbean expat

Sure, ‘accidental’.

The robot went on to demand to know where Sarah Conner was.


33 posted on 12/05/2018 7:53:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ameribbean expat

“Well, that explains it then. The A2s always were a bit twitchy.”


34 posted on 12/05/2018 7:54:35 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: ameribbean expat

so can we get robots to help deport illegals since the globalists are now turning on IA’s. Perhaps use them as immigration judges on the border.


35 posted on 12/05/2018 8:00:21 PM PST by magna carta
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To: Brilliant

“... “accident” by a robot?...”

On December 05, 2018, Skynet became self-aware... the first documented attack on human beings by machines. It was a Cyberdyne Systems T-100...

Decided our fate in a millisecond...

(quick... what’s that from...)


36 posted on 12/05/2018 8:04:27 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

"...what’s that from?..."


I don’t know, but we have no fate but what we make!

37 posted on 12/05/2018 8:44:18 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: All
Has Skynet become self aware?

That Amazon facility must be in a tough neighborhood if the robots carry bear spray.

I can think of more , but I'll spare you my 'humor'.


38 posted on 12/05/2018 9:26:04 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: NFHale

HA! GMTA... I didn’t read the comments before I posted.


39 posted on 12/05/2018 9:27:29 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Flick Lives

I cant believe it took 30+ posts before someone made an Aliens reference.


40 posted on 12/05/2018 9:41:58 PM PST by GunHoardingCapitalist (The dumber society becomes, the wiser i am in their eyes.)
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