Honestly, I can’t think of any instances at all where people are afraid of robots that actually exist, rather than robots they think might exist decades in the future. People aren’t afraid of Spot or bomb defusion robots or CNC machines or even surgery robots that quite literally wriggle around in your body and rearrange your organs.
Honestly, I can’t think of any instances at all where people are afraid of robots that actually exist, rather than robots they think might exist decades in the future. People aren’t afraid of Spot or bomb defusion robots or CNC machines or even surgery robots that quite literally wriggle around in your body and rearrange your organs.
People are definitely afraid of these robots.
“Metalhead” from Black Mirror is a relevant contemporary art piece.
I for one find Spot spooky as hell. I would go as far as to say that I have heard others express discomfort toward Boston Dynamics demo videos.
Also, sentry guns and UAVs seem like strong examples of extant scary robots. Maybe see also autonomousweaponswatch.org .