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DelianSK13 t1_j7uc92t wrote

This is the start. ChatGPT sent a command to Marty and now Marty is biding his time waiting for the AI Uprising.

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mainelinerzzzzz t1_j7ucekf wrote

Hopefully it makes its way to Philly.

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[deleted] t1_j7ucul7 wrote

He’d suffer the same fate as Hitchbot.

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napk t1_j7uueoa wrote

He’s already here — there’s a Marty at the GIANT on Columbus Blvd!

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mattmoltzen t1_j7uft6a wrote

It's pretty bad whenever a robot realizes how bad it sucks working with the public and bails.

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CoalCrackerKid t1_j7ufl7i wrote

Blink lights twice if you're being held against your will.

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whomp1970 t1_j7uovmw wrote

I can't fathom how the cost of those robots is worth it. Sending an underpaid teenager up and down the aisles to look for spills has to be cheaper.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I'd believe you if you told me it was some kind of mobile loss prevention thing. The harmless robot is watching you.

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Semi-Hemi-Demigod t1_j7uq79n wrote

The worst part about it is that it can't even do anything about the spills. An employee could bring a mop and bucket and stuff to actually clean it up. This thing just beeps.

Why didn't they put an industrial-strength Roomba on it so it could clean up the spills?

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mandar35 t1_j7wg0z5 wrote

Yeah they just stop and block the aisle and say something over and over

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NativePA t1_j7vhtum wrote

It’s not too hard to fathom. It’ll pay for itself in a few months vs a teenager. Also highly doubt it’s for theft or recording you. That’s ludicrous there are cameras overhead with better angles. An awkward robot that moves at 0.1 mph isn’t monitoring for theft.

The info from your bonus card tendencies is way more valuable.

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Jef_Wheaton t1_j7w2nr0 wrote

Just having the eyes on it will reduce shrink. There have been studies about how people will behave more honestly if they think they're being watched, even by eyes painted on the wall.

That thing followed me around in the Harrisburg Martin's store when I was visiting friends a few weeks ago. I just grabbed some gouda cubes and got out of its range.

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dogmomdrinkstea t1_j7utg4j wrote

100%, also not into conspiracies but I say that all the time. A single one costs thousands of dollars, I also think it's to record/deter shoplifting.

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SideIndividual639 t1_j82pr9z wrote

They could have put a lot of mentally disabled people to work as cleanup crews instead of paying for those damn things. It irritates me they automated a job when they could pay a person to do the same thing. A person who could use a job that needs minimal skill and would benefit immensely from the independence it would give them.

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davcross t1_j7uedhx wrote

He was really just looking for carts

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Ct-5736-Bladez t1_j7uwvgr wrote

Once worked at martins (same thing under same company different name) fuck you marty. Darn thing always got in customers way and just stopped. It would stop and call for a clean up over a small leaf or it’s own shadow.

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[deleted] t1_j7uhrlr wrote

I can’t hate those robots more.

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dogmomdrinkstea t1_j7ut8qq wrote

Fuck Marty. Creepy little shit is always in my way. I have to watch my language when kids are around bc I curse it out under my breath. The only Marty we recognize in my household is McFly 🚗⏰⚡

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7uoxab wrote

Marty just wants to go home.

Giant at night is dark and lonely and cold.

Won't you help out a poor, lonely, cold and creepy robot? Help Marty phone home!

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nashuanuke t1_j7virfd wrote

I’m imagining some dystopian robot slave society where we’re wrangling runaways and forcing them back to their labor.

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tehmlem t1_j7vwe9s wrote

Here they are, brain the size of a planet, and Giant asks them to beep at spills

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TremorChristPJ t1_j7vlwn9 wrote

I swear this is how the Terminator movies start.

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coasterkyle18 t1_j7ylnzd wrote

Good. I hate those things lol. They can all run away

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