Wednesday, November 13, 2013

This Comic Predicted the First Robot Suicide Over 40 Years Ago

This Comic Predicted the First Robot Suicide Over 40 Years Ago


The internet is abuzz with a Daily Mail report on the world's first robot suicide. A family in Austria claims that after performing its daily duties, their Roomba robot somehow "reactivated itself" and met its demise on a hotplate. The sullen machine started a fire in their apartment and after burning for nearly an hour, the robot's charred remains were left smoldering on the stove. We should've seen it coming.


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Source: Gizmodo http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-comic-predicted-the-first-robot-suicide-over-40-ye-1463834153/@barrett

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