Hitchhiking robot that relied on human kindness found decapitated (2015) • Hacker News Board

Re: Hitchhiking robot that relied on human kindness found decapitated (2015)

#11

Post by surreptitious00 » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:07 PM UTC

I met Hitchbot in Salem, MA at the bon voyage party. Sad times we live in. Screw Philly.

#12

Post by everdev » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:07 PM UTC

It'd be interesting to know how many human interactions or trips the robot had in each country.

Because even with a 0.1% fatal incident rate, with enough interactions you could expect a decapitation.

#13

Post by coolspot » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:13 PM UTC

Never forget. Never forgive.

#14

Post by ryukafalz » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

HitchBOT was later resurrected as part of a Mad Max themed modded surrey:

I'm a member of Hive76, though I joined a while after all this happened - not sure how much of it was original and how much was replaced.

#15

Post by bluejekyll » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:19 PM UTC

surreptitious00 wrote: post #11

I met Hitchbot in Salem, MA at the bon voyage party. Sad times we live in. Screw Philly.

I had a few relatives in Salem in the late 1600’s that would like to disagree with you...

#16

Post by kinkrtyavimoodh » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:21 PM UTC

caiw wrote: post #10

It's a robot; what does "human kindness" have to do with this?

Because humans would have to help the robot get to its destination, San Francisco.

#17

Post by bighi » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:24 PM UTC

It's not really surprising that it happened in the US.

#18

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:26 PM UTC

caiw wrote: post #10

It's a robot; what does "human kindness" have to do with this?

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#19

Post by asdjasldkjkljd » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:37 PM UTC

caiw wrote: post #10

It's a robot; what does "human kindness" have to do with this?

Don't destroy shit that doesn't belong to you.

#20

Post by sillyquiet » Wed, Jan 10, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

bighi wrote: post #17

It's not really surprising that it happened in the US.

why?