Robot commits suicide — fall of machines?

Halley Leda
Jul 29, 2017 · 2 min read

The R2D2 of the 21st century drowns itself

Elon Musk, once said, “With Artificial Intelligence we are summoning the demon”. He might be nearly right.

A California based company, Knightscope developed a beta type robot called K5 that hopes to help with the security and law enforcement — with features to detect trouble and minimize public injuries and fatalities.

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Halley Leda

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