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Robot Kills Man at Volkswagen Plant

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10 points by q4 10 years ago · 6 comments

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11thEarlOfMar 10 years ago

This is Hacker News. We know the difference between robotics and automation.

Industrial automation such as this has been killing absent minded technicians for years, as early as 1979:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7KMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bu8F...

betolink 10 years ago

It should say "A programmer's mistake kills a person"

  • lolsal 10 years ago

    Why?

    • harshreality 10 years ago

      Because the automation/robot that killed the worker is not capable of intention or even agency. "Baseball kills sportsgoer." "Golf ball kills jogger." "Mailbox kills commuter." These are sensationalist headlines that don't really mean anything. The story is in the "why".

DevPad 10 years ago

Singularity, the beginning.

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