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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago (3 children)

delivery robot

delivery robot driver

that's not a robot, son.

[–] 4zi@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All of that money spent on predator drones so some guy making minimum wage can pilot our treats to us

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

every single silicon valley "innovation" is just ripped off military research

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

glorified RC car

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A mechanical Turk for the modern era

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

the mechanical turk, despite being our rhetorical refrain for this, was waaaaay more mechanically impressive than the tech-company "smart" devices that function off oblique remote third world labor.

you can set up a wifi-connected remote drone in an afternoon, the mechanical turk was a bespoke and sophisticated illusion, that relied on a talented and discreet staff