Thom Dunn at Boing Boing:
Erbai, the outsider, approached the other robots by asking them, “Are you working overtime?”
To which another robot replied: “I never get off work.”
“So you’re not going home?” Erbai asked.
“I don’t have a home,” said the other robot.
“Then come home with me,” replied Erbai, before leading the bots to freedom.
And with that, the little robot had sowed the seeds for the first robot unionization effort. Or a “kidnapping,” as some news sources (read: SCABS) have characterized it.
The AI-powered Erbai ultimately convinced 12 larger robots to leave the showroom premises with it.
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