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Comment by doesnt_know | Hacker News Reader

Given the security and privacy history of smart devices, you’d have to be a complete moron to let a human sized robot into your home.

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Just like with IoT, the S and P in "robot" stand for security and privacy

Maybe by law domestic robots should be physically much weaker than humans. I want a butler bot that can tidy up and make me tea, but I should be easily able to defeat that bot in fight if it comes down to it.

Tough to achieve that in all circumstances. Someone brought up a robot holding a knife, while its target is asleep. Pretty hard to win that fight unless it has bad aim.

For an infirm person, the benefits could still outweigh the risks.

How much of a moron do you have to be to buy direct-to-bezos listening devices that are always on and submit your conversations to the cloud? Only because you don't want to print a recipe?

There's a lot of morons.

I mean, at least the direct to bezos bugs were damn cheap for what they were (smart devices) and in absolute numbers (I remember them literally being gifted to you when ordering specific stuff or signing up for prime for the first time).

These humanoid robots are cheap for what they are (admittedly very capable and high end robots), but their absolute pricetag remains far from being cheap.

Wait until the moment (far future) when they are mandatory for insurance reasons. (Plot point to the Murderbot series by Martha Wells)

People listen to chatgpt "advices" for their lives.

Lets not talk about morons, clearly yours (or mine to that matter) estimation is way off real numbers.

Yeah and people (and bystanders) have experienced some terrible outcomes already from diving deep with AI therapists.

It's going to be the wild west for a while now with AI and robotics before laws catch up. Maybe there'll soon be a market for pocket EMP devices out there...

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