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DHKdohyun t1_iy68af3 wrote

Reply to comment by sadetheruiner in Robots will roam a university to study “a socio-technical problem” — will wander a Texas campus so researchers can study human-robot relations. by marketrent

The robots will be monitored either in-person or remotely so I would imagine unsolicited vandalization will have consequences

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cleeder t1_iy71a18 wrote

Feel like that somewhat defeats the purpose of the study.

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RunescapeAficionado t1_iy8fmdl wrote

I think most college students are probably smart enough to understand that an expensive autonomous robot probably has cameras and gps

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StrangeCharmVote t1_iy7chwy wrote

No, it doesn't.

People should already know vandalism carries consequences.

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HolyAndOblivious t1_iy7qw06 wrote

Yest it does. You want to know how much wi they get vandalized when unsupervised

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StrangeCharmVote t1_iya7wr5 wrote

And the answer is already exactly the same amount everything else does unsupervised.

People already know there are consequences if caught.

Why would you possibly think a study would be dismissed, when the devices themselves are already covered in cameras?

Seriously, think about what you're saying.

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HolyAndOblivious t1_iyawnb2 wrote

No. You really want to measure. The difference between science and screwing around is measuring this appropriately and having a log.

For it to be valid knowledge ot needs to be tested

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StrangeCharmVote t1_iybaw2u wrote

> No. You really want to measure. The difference between science and screwing around is measuring this appropriately and having a log.

You seem to misunderstand something.

I'm in favor of the study.

The dingus i was replying to, thought having robots which were observed, would invalidate the study on robots... which pretty universally are already under some kind of observation.

I thought that opinion, was dumb.

> For it to be valid knowledge ot needs to be tested

And how are you going to validate anything when you're literally excluding the possibility of tangible results if an event occurs?

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FlametopFred t1_iy7cz9v wrote

hopefully for all the Jan 6 participants and organizers 🌝👍

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StrangeCharmVote t1_iya81u5 wrote

> hopefully for all the Jan 6 participants and organizers 🌝👍

No shit. What does that have to do with this though?

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