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Hitches Get Stitches
Episode 167

Hitches Get Stitches

We talk a lot about whether we can trust robots, but can robots trust us? HitchBOT was a robot on a goodwill tour of the world, depending on the kindness of strangers to get from one end of a country to the other. After successful tours of Canada and various parts of Europe, it came to the US. We killed it. We killed it good.

We Have Concerns · Jeff Cannata/Anthony Carboni

August 10, 201518m 40sExplicit

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We talk a lot about whether we can trust robots, but can robots trust us? HitchBOT was a robot on a goodwill tour of the world, depending on the kindness of strangers to get from one end of a country to the other. After successful tours of Canada and various parts of Europe, it came to the US. We killed it. We killed it good.

What does this say about the US? What about the future of AI?

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