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User suggests baseball bats for defense against humanoid robots

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A user on Mastodon expressed a desire for people to carry baseball bats to defend themselves against potential threats from humanoid robots. This sentiment was shared in response to a Flipboard link aggregating top stories from BBC News, highlighting concerns about the integration of AI and robotics into society. AI

RANK_REASON User-generated content expressing a fringe opinion about AI/robots, not a verifiable event or release.

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User suggests baseball bats for defense against humanoid robots

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-sto ries-hc55lmo2z/-/a-Xx5ISs5DTY2fgBQICBtRKQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 People should carry baseball bats so if they ever encou

    RE: https:// flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-sto ries-hc55lmo2z/-/a-Xx5ISs5DTY2fgBQICBtRKQ%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 People should carry baseball bats so if they ever encounter one of these "humanoid" robots they can give it a good bashing. # Tech # AI 🤖

    LINKS flipboard.com/…/a-Xx5ISs5DTY2fgBQICBtRKQ%…

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