world's first robot suicide

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Gumi City Council in South Korea said they would launch an investigation to find the cause of the supposedly “depressed” robot’s death.
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/fi ... 89625.html

“Pieces have been collected and will be analysed by the company,” the official was quoted as saying in the AFP report. on Thursday afternoon, the robot suffered a dramatic fall from the stairs, leading to its early demise. Witnesses of the incident say they saw the robot mysteriously “circling in one spot as if something was there” before the incident.

But now, it seems even robots are succumbing to work stress. This incident has spotlighted the intense work pressure prevalent in South Korea. People have reacted to the news with mixed emotions, with one person questioning, “If the workload had been too much, would he have spun around for a long time and then rushed down the stairs?” while another commented, “I pray that scrap metal rests in peace.”

We had a Roomba throw itself down a half-flight of steps.

There was a (well-named!) landing there and it proceeded to vacuum that.

That was some time ago with an older model. So far, none of the newer models have done that...though sometimes they get to the edge at the top of the stairs, panic, and freeze-up.

Hmmm...I wonder if they're considering suicide!

I think this is just projection by people within the culture where the robot was operating. South Korea's work culture makes people suicidal, so of course that's what happened to the robot.

This sounds really fake, but you know the world has gone to crap if even robots are offing themselves.

https://youtu.be/qO8zVY6xspg

Maybe it was unrequited love!
As with the Gilbert and Sullivan bird above.

Or maybe it fell in love with a member of the rival clan of robots (maybe its a Windows, and his true love is an Apple), as with Romeo and Juliet.


Or ....
maybe it just got moisture into it and it short circuited.

More info.

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That just comes to show that robots aren't always the best solution for increasing productivity.