Wave The Flags That The Robots Made

Posted on November 30, 2004 by Tito

SF Weekly talks to two "pseudonymous members of the Institute for Applied Autonomy" about using robots for activism. Or at least handing out leaflets and automated grafitti.

It was very important that Little Brother be cute, with big eyes and big hands, a little mouth and body, like a Sanrio character, to bypass all the social conditioning. People are trained to spot activists and don’t want to interact with them.

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