American Vet

Shots that are right on target.

Reagan was a great President. His shots were also right on target.

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

Reagan was a lousy president. His policies of trickle down rewards and less restrictions on greed had disastrous results.

Just a different of opinion. Unless your ego is threatened. 😂

American Vet

Best you keep quiet - you are showcasing your stupidity.

The only way I feel threatened is that there are people like you walking around when they need to be medicated or institutionalized. Probably a high likelihood you might ‘go postal’ on some poor unsuspecting small animal.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

See Choice 2.

American Vet

Did you see the movie “I, Robot”?

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

No, I read the book. Books are so much better than movies.

American Vet

Most of the time I agree.

However, the movie presented an interesting scenario where robots - together with (and controlled by) an AI - determined that humans are a danger to themselves and basically need to be controlled so they do not 'harm' themselves.

I would suggest that you watch the movie.

FallenOak Loc: St George Utah

Thank you for the suggestion. I don't like movies because I can remember listening to radio. The stories were there for you to create your own images. I remember when TV first came about to the masses. I watched the Cisco Kid on TV and the characters were not how I saw them in my mind from years of listening on radio. Ruined the whole program for me and I made it a point not to watch much TV. Books are the same. I can see the scenes and the people as I read the book. A movie cannot belong to me as it is the interpretation of another person who sees the characters differently.
An example being Fibber McGee's closet. No movie or TV show could possibly equal my imagination as I see Fibber open the closet door.
I will try to get "I, Robot" and watch it with an more open mind.

American Vet

Merry Christmas!!

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

Another example of AI, in the palms of our hands.

https://www.westernjournal.com/woman-takes-wedding-dress-picture-front-mirrors-comes-horrifying-realization-looks-photo/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=ct-breaking&utm_content=western-journal

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

You can't trust anything you see or hear. AI to Deep Fakes.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Just like working with electricity, you must make sure it is turned off before messing with it.

Terror at Tesla as robot 'attacks' engineer, leaving 'trail of blood'
Metal claws in violent encounter inflict 'open wound' injury
By WND News Services
Published December 26, 2023 at 3:23pm

By Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit

A robotic malfunction at Tesla’s Giga Texas factory resulted in a violent encounter where an engineer was attacked by one of the company’s robots, resulting in significant injuries and leaving a ‘trail of blood.’

According to the Daily Mail, while working on software programming for non-functional Tesla robots, the engineer was suddenly pinned against a surface by a robot tasked with manipulating aluminum car components, with its metal claws inflicted an injury that left an ‘open wound’ on the worker’s left hand.

“Two of the robots, which cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum, were disabled so the engineer and his teammates could safely work on the machines. A third one, which grabbed and moved the car parts, was inadvertently left operational, according to two people who watched it happen. As that robot ran through its normal motions, it pinned the engineer against a surface, pushing its claws into his body and drawing blood from his back and his arm, the two people said,” The Information reported.

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Quick action was taken by Tesla workers who intervened and triggered the emergency shutdown button to halt the malfunctioning robot and prevent further injury to the engineer.

This incident came to light through a 2021 injury report filed to Travis County and federal regulators, which Daily Mail reviewed. Tesla is legally required to report such incidents to ensure the continuation of state-provided tax incentives.

Despite claims by Tesla that the engineer did not require time off following the event, an attorney representing the factory’s contract laborers suggests otherwise. Evidence hints at possible underreporting of workplace accidents, casting doubt on the official records.

The injury report, which Tesla must submit to authorities by law to maintain its lucrative tax breaks in Texas, claimed the engineer did not require time off of work.

But one attorney who represents Tesla’s Giga Texas contract workers has told DailyMail.com she believes, based on her conversations with workers there, that the amount of injuries suffered at the factory is going underreported.

This underreporting, the attorney said, even included the September 28, 2021 death of a construction worker, who had been contracted to help build the factory itself.

‘My advice would be to read that report with a grain of salt,’ the attorney, Hannah Alexander of the nonprofit Workers Defense Project, told DailyMail.com.

‘We’ve had multiple workers who were injured,’ Alexander said, ‘and one worker who died, whose injuries or death are not in these reports that Tesla is supposed to be accurately completing and submitting to the county in order to get tax incentives.’

Elon Musk has yet to issue a formal statement in response to these allegations.

Just recently, Tesla revealed the second generation of its humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2.

Optimus Gen 2 stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches and weighs in at a light 121 pounds, shedding 22 pounds from the first model. It’s not just its frame that’s been upgraded; this robot can reach speeds up to 5 mph, which is a substantial 30% increase in velocity.

WATCH:
https://www.wnd.com/2023/12/terror-tesla-robot-attacks-engineer-leaving-trail-blood/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking&ats_es=1a85c2723b642a4cbc29b4df12ae15de&ats_ess=0a3f9f7e88b501dffe195cad2ea5305d7e1afa8ad813d454890a9bf644908c96

RascalRiley Loc: Somewhere south of Detroit

Those that run amok have always been human, so far. We are entering a new reality very quickly.

I say quickly because for much of humans history, prior the last few thousand years, such profound changes took many generations.