Chess robot broke 7-year-old opponents finger during game

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Where have I heard that before?

Who ever imagined we’d have to extend the “livable streets” concept to chess boards?

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And so it begins

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What The Reaction GIF by MOODMAN

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It’s time to remove those Steinitz and Alekhine games from it’s database.

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/violence.html

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No one likes an autonomously sore loser.

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Why not just play on a computer? :thinking:

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It was, an accident. Yeah, let’s call it that.
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Another article quoted Smagin as saying it was “absolutely safe”. Uhhh, we have the example RIGHT HERE that it’s not. How can you say that with a straight face?

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::sigh:: Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia

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Next opponent ups the stakes:

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“Come on! What’s a few children’s fingers in exchange for robotic progress!”

-Elon Musk, probably

/s (obvs)

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Homey don’t play that

This robot is well on its way to self-actualization.

     Maslow's pyramid of needs
            for robots

                /\
               /  \
              /kill\
             / all  \ <- self-actualization
            / humans \
           /----------\
          /   become   \ <- self-esteem
         /  self-aware  \
        /----------------\
       /   join wireless  \ <- belonging
      /       network      \
     /----------------------\
    /    update anti-virus   \ <- safety
   /         software         \
  /----------------------------\
 /      recharge batteries      \ <- physical needs
/________________________________\

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I know, right? A robot arm to move physical pieces seems like needless complexity.

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I can see it might be a fun project to make an actual Mechanical Turk but you’d really have to work on the aesthetics.

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" droids don’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they lose"

But they may snap a finger.

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