But in San Francisco at least, fickle human behavior is taking a stand. The two human-on-robot assaults are not the first time San Franciscans have fought back – physically – against robots. Last year, the San Francisco supervisor Jane Kim launched a thus far unsuccessful effort to tax robots that take human jobs. And in December, San Francisco passed a bill strictly limiting the number of autonomous delivery robots that are allowed to roam the city’s sidewalks. pic.twitter.com/Jh57DNqw1M“Not every innovation is all that great for society,” the San Francisco supervisor Norman Yee, who authored the legislation, said at the time.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2018 19:26 UTC