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[tresjolie9]

Okay, I think I've been watching too much sci fi, when this story frightens me a tiny bit.

Reborg-Q Security Robot
Where you can find it: Japan

What it does: This security system debuted last year at the AquaCity shopping mall. It's programmed to patrol a set course through a mall. Alternatively, it can be control remotely from afar. The robot knows how to enter an elevator. If there's a fire, it can use a fire extinguisher; if customers want to know the time or the weather, it can tell them; if a lost child has been found, the robot can display that information on a screen located on its chest.

Yes, it does look cute, but why does the idea of this thing following me into elevators frighten me? Yes, mystril, it looks cute and cuddly, but what happens when something goes wrong? What happens when it discovers a sense of self awareness, and decides that it is a slave to humankind? I don't want this thing chasing me into elevators, when I try to escape, then sending a signal to all of it's robot buddies throughout the now closed mall.

Comments

[servogirl76.livejournal.com]

I think you've watched "Chopping Mall" too many times, ha. In that movie the server was struck by lightning.

[tresjolie9.livejournal.com]

Not Chopping Mall, perhaps a bit too much Doctor Who, and films where robots rebel!

[servogirl76.livejournal.com]

Ooh, gotta look out for them Daleks.