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Melissa A's avatar

Helping the homeless woman requires 100 different perfectly-timed, magically-funded steps.

Helping the robot required flipping it upright again.

That's why the robot was helped. Because it was something within those folks' control.

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Amy Letter's avatar

It’s about safety: the robot is limited and predictable and so reliably harmless. Every interaction with another human being is a potential minefield of social, emotional, and physical harms.

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