Don't Fear the Robot Yet

[ukgimp]

or is this just the start?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/12/06/robot-amazon-warehouse-hosipitalises-24-workers-bear-spray/

[ergophobe]

Can I point out that this is like the Tesla accident that got everyone worried about how dangerous self-driving cars are?

Some years ago, someone (I think it was a volunteer, but possibly a new ranger) tried to pepper spray a bear in the campground in Yosemite. Unfortunately, the bear was still something like 30 feet away and upwind. So the bear was fine and unphased, but a dozen people were sent to the clinic with respiratory problems.

Since then it is illegal to carry bear spray in Yosemite, even for rangers. Maybe especially so. I see people with it all the time, even though nobody has been killed by a bear in the history of the park. No surprise, of course, that 100% of the people I see breaking this law are male.

So far, I have yet to spot any robots breaking this law.