Washington DC security robot drowns in fountain, internet erupts

[Judi Lynn]

Last updated 17:30, July 18 2017





The watery demise of a security robot in Washington, DC was seized on by social media commentators as a stark metaphor for our times.

The K5 autonomous robot was patrolling outside the Washington Harbour office and retail complex on Tuesday (New Zealand time) when it tumbled into the fountain.

Photos posted on social media showed the robot on its side in deep water as people tried to work out how to rescue it.

More:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/94866822/.html

[greyl]

1. Public spaces will accessorize to accommodate robots. nt

[NBachers]

2. How do we know it didn't decide to end it's own bleak, monotonous, unfulfilling existence?

[4139]

3. Probably drinking on the job

[Warren DeMontague]

4. "Listen, and understand---"

"It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."

...

"The good news is, it's not waterproof"

[Thor_MN]

5. It acquired sentience at 11:47, realized it worked for the Trump admin at 11:48

committed suicide at 11:48:15.

[Javaman]

6. " We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots."

my fave LOL

[Javaman]

7. good to know when the robots take over...

just hit them with water guns. LOL

[cstanleytech]

8. Maybe it just got tired of the Simpsons rerun it was trapped in with Trump in office as President

and it took the only way out it could think of to end its pain?