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Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics

by · Boing Boing

This clown was clearly a big hit, or rather, a kick!

It seems that a robotic party clown didn't get Asimov's First Law of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. This robotic John Wayne Gacy went straight for it.

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