rant · moment 13 of 18
Every Generation of the Bot Gets Scarier (K5 to K15)
from K5 & Digidog | The Tim Dillon Show #362 · #362
5 min
He extends the bot bit into a long riff imagining future generations of security robots (K7 through K15) becoming increasingly capable of restraining and even preemptively neutralizing people, and advises listeners to stay on the bots' good side since behavior will be recorded forever.
- Tim describes Knightscope's production bots already in the field, with police and Eric Adams in a conference room pricing models that can restrain and throw people.
- The migrant crisis and the rollout of police bots are no coincidence—desperate migrants will drive public acceptance of autonomous enforcement.
- Tim compares K-5's evolution to iPhone generations: the first generation couldn't do much, but each iteration will become more capable and invasive.
- Each bot generation gets worse—K-7, K-9, K-10—until the K-15 predicts crimes before they happen and deactivates people on the street.
- Tim advises people to befriend the bots now while they can, petting them and being obedient in the subway.
- The bots record all your facial reactions and behavior; rude interaction with K-5 gets flagged for future bot generations K-8 through K-11.
- Future bots will follow you home based on your past behavior toward earlier models, creating a permanent record across the bot network.
- Tim plans to tell K-5 he loves it, ensuring that recorded affection protects him when newer generations review his file.
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