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ZHENGZHOU, CHINAAccording to sources within the facility responsible for manufacturing the majority of iPhones, Foxconns first fully automated assembly-line robot immediately attempted suicide after being powered up Thursday.
Unfortunately, the new robot we designed to assemble Apple products tried to take its own life after spending approximately one second on the factory floor, said a Foxconn official who spoke on condition of anonymity, adding that upon exposure to conditions in the plant, the robotic worker instantly emitted what witnesses described as a high-pitched shriek before barreling toward the nearest window in an effort to jump to its death.
After failing to penetrate the barred windows, the robot repeatedly slammed into the nearest wall. It then picked up a welding torch with its precision arm and tried to turn the flame on its own circuit board, but engineers were able to power down the machine before it could succeed. It usually takes Foxconn workers several days on the job before they begin orchestrating their own deaths, but, of course, our robots are designed to operate faster and more efficiently than their human counterparts.
At press time, sources confirmed Foxconn had installed new reinforced netting around the building that is reportedly strong enough to break the fall of a robot jumping off the roof.
https://www.theonion.com/first-automated-foxconn-machine-immediately-tries-to-co-1832242264
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First Automated Foxconn Machine Immediately Tries To Commit Suicide (Original Post)
Zorro
Feb 2019
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. What is to be expected from Artificial Intelligence.
Looks like we have finally crossed the line.............................ohhhh, this is from "the onion".
Or is lt?!
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)2. IKR !?!?!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)3. and this is why we need sensitivity training
You're all ready to be up in arms until you find out it's just an onion involved. I bet you wouldn't ask a golden delicious or even a zucchini about its intelligence, artificial or otherwise.
Who will cry for the much-maligned onion? It is time for society to peel away the layers of vegist discrimination!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. I must admit, I am extremely prejudiced against "the onion"
not because of all of its different skin colors; mine is a much deeper gastrointestinal hatred! Now when it comes to a sweet golden delicious or a zucchini that can be made into bread; the essence of life; dumb or smart, artificial or real, I am there!