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Re:Human-controlled robots shown to make manufacturing safer... by wetpaws on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:48AM (#21419384)
Kettle and toaster are independent actors and so is Roomba and yet here we are doing fine.
Re:Human-controlled robots shown to make manufacturing safer... by rehasu on Saturday November 02, 2019 @05:03AM (#21426623)
I'd argue kettles and toasters are not independent actors. A toaster won't make a decision if another toast is needed, it will not grab a slice of bread and then toast it.

But a roomba is really an independent actor and we already see problems with it (roomba companies collecting apartment layout data, pets feeling strong competition, people feeling rather helpless if a roomba doesn't clean some place or gets itself constantly stuck on rugs etc). Sure they are not big problems, but roombas aren't really big independent actors either.