8 Fascinating Facts About Robot Abuse M Muzammil The rise of the killer robots might be justified. People can be really mean to machines—so much so that programmers are teaching droids to run from abusers. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots (ASPCR) also continues to fight for their rights. 10 TIMES ROBOTS WERE BRUTALLY ASSAULTED BY HUMANS But while robots face violent lust and discrimination in the workplace, they are also being waterboarded and gunned down for a good cause. Featured image credit: medium.com 8 Fired For Being Too Good One of the main reasons for robotics is to make the workplace more efficient. Whoever invented that dream didn’t consider the power of human disgruntlement—especially when you suddenly turn into a less efficient staff member because you’re human. Flippy’s case was a good example of people ousting a robot instead of a robot taking away somebody’s job. Created by Miso Robotics, Flippy was the world’s ...
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