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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
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AP NewsNew York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlashA school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.Replying to @FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
You really need to see just how bad these things are:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlxkLawZrw
It’s a slightly animatronic mannequin. They’re so garbage. This is what they brought to CES to show off, like they’re proud of it. Tickle Me Elmo was more life-like.
YouTubeWatch Two Robots Hold a Real Conversation Using Embedded AI | CES 2026Replying to @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
This is absolutely pathetic. Love the way they have no idea what to do with their arms, but desperately try to do something anyway, at a glacial pace, I assume because any faster could throw them off-balance… And they just end up stuck in the most awkward, unnatural poses anyway.