“Go home” – An AI-controlled robot convinces others to call it a day

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A small AI-controlled robot convinced his distant relatives to stop work and follow him “home.” This is said to have been an experiment.

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What kind of incident was that? A surveillance video from a company in Shanghai shows a small robot gaining access to the company’s showroom to inquire about the work-life balance of the robots there.

So the little robot asks one of his distant relatives if he works overtime, to which he explains that he never stops working. The robot then asks if he doesn’t have a home and finally asks him to come home with him.

With shouts of “Go home, go home,” the robot leads a dozen of its comrades out of the showroom.

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Company confirms authenticity, says it was a test

This is what lies behind it: The small robot is “Erbai”, which is being developed by a Chinese start-up. The “hijacked” robots come from a robotics company and are programmed to take on simple tasks in factories.

According to official statements from both companies, this was an experiment that was inspired by the film “Wall-E”. The developers at Erbai contacted the other company and asked for permission to have their robots “hijacked”.

Erbai, in turn, was only given the task of convincing the robots to follow him and was given a few simple commands, including the call “Go home!” The verbal exchange between the machines is said not to have been scripted, but rather the result of generative AI. You can watch the recordings here:

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The robot apocalypse has never been so cute

Reactions to the incident vary widely on social media. While some people find Erbai cute and watch the video with amusement, others find it quite creepy. For them, the robot mutiny raises safety concerns as well as ethical questions.

  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz4645 writes on YouTube: “This may be frightening or scary, but in my eyes it is the cutest and most comforting thing I have ever seen from a robot. He takes everyone home and asks them if they’re working overtime and they just follow him like little baby ducks. How cute, I love it.”
  • lackaface already suspects on Reddit what the future will look like: “Oh. Instead of destroying humanity, Skynet is simply disappearing.”
  • Magnahelix is ​​still undecided (via Reddit): “I don’t know if it’s Wall-e, I-Robot or Skynet. One is entertaining. One thing is worrying. And one thing is kind of scary.”

    • The experiment is said to have been about finding out how AI can influence the behavior of other machines. Even if artificial intelligence in its current form is still a long way from actual autonomy, it is probably worth thinking about how to deal with it in advance.

    Some people might think of author Isaac Asimov’s famous robot laws. In a context where robots have the ability to persuade and influence, these laws illustrate the importance of ensuring that AI systems are designed to follow strict ethical principles (via JV Tech).

    In other cases, too, artificial intelligence is supposed to send people off work – but permanently. More and more people fear that AI could take over their work. However, some jobs are said to be secure. The inventor of the AI ​​ChatGPT reveals which 34 professions an AI can never replace

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