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When Robot Face-Plants In Fountain, Onlookers Show Humanity — By Gloating

The Knightscope K5 is a state-of-the-art machine, a patrol bot built to rove complexes in search of "unusual activity." But on Monday, it appeared to have a little trouble with stairs.
Source: Ryan Mac

The rise of artificial intelligence poses its fair share of dangers. Last year, for instance, physicist Stephen Hawking said its development could be "either ever to happen to humanity." And just this weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk described to human civilization.

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