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  1. I don’t think this is AI, this just like a robovac. Just programing, no real intellegence.

    Also, was there a job that was taken? I don’t think Parra has someone sweeping the paths all day. This might actually be an additional cleaning rather than a replacement which feels like a good thing.

  2. heypeople2003 on

    Not everything that is automated is AI. All this thing needs to do is run in a zigzag across a predefined area and be able to detect hazards in its path, that’s not AI, Roombas have been able to do it for more than a decade now.

  3. Nah, that’s a glorified roomba.

    True AI would assess budget allocated, then hire meatbags from airtasker to do the work and spend the remainder of the money to add to a fund to kill all humans.

  4. Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos. Take this empty glass. Here it is, peaceful, serene and boring. But if it is destroyed… Look at all these little things. So busy now. Notice how each one is useful.

  5. How much does a glorified roomba cost to purchase and maintain?

    (well, I guess as it’s the council, “lease” from someone very friendly with the council)

    For the lower quality you get from having a human do it, is it actually any cheaper?

  6. Several-Regular-8819 on

    A lot of people here are rightly pointing out this isn’t AI. To expand a bit: there’s a little man inside it (Geoff).

  7. KawasakiMetro on

    There are 3 kids inside them.

    I saw them come out once to buy a pie and oak milk.

  8. Available_Sir5168 on

    If you are not capable of realising your existence is pointless, then you aren’t an intelligence.

  9. I’m assuming those are like the idiotic ones that run into suitcases and pedestrians in Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok).

    Something else to dodge apart from the phone zombies and hungry panda riders.

  10. They reckon this was all made possible by Pokemon Go and mapping by users…..

    That area in Rhodes that was going bananas during its prime must have drones cleaning every small crevice.

  11. It’s just a commercial grade rhumba. They’ve been using them in shopping centres for years.