Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their prototype robots

Re:Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their ... by tclancy on Friday May 29, 2026 @06:51AM (#48321484)

Yes, but I was kinda hoping Hannah Arendt’s lessons had been internalized and we would progress. More the fool I.

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Re:Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their ... by elzbardico on Friday May 29, 2026 @08:15AM (#48322137)

One thing that I've been noticing more and more, is that it looks like every dystopic work of art, be it 1984, brave new world or idiocracy, ends up being used as an instruction manual.

So far we were implementing only the first two ones, with AI, it looks like we decided to accelerate Idiocracy implementation too.

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Re:Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their ... by tclancy on Friday May 29, 2026 @10:07AM (#48323289)

Same. The one that cemented it for me is The Matrix is only a quarter-century old, yet some people watched it and thought, "Oooh, good idea!" You can't even complain the context was gone.

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Re:Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their ... by alasdair_ on Friday May 29, 2026 @09:46PM (#48331559)

Torment Nexus springs to mind

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Re:Bot Company allegedly trashing Airbnb rentals with their ... by throwaway2025_1 on Saturday May 30, 2026 @03:51AM (#48333766)

Oooh, just what I need for my spam and troll trap!

I'd planned on feeding the spam to the trolls but it seemed a like unethical and prone to obesity. Plus cross breeding could be a problem.

Can I install it in an AirBnB or do they come pre-fitted?

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