WEBVTT - Full Chopsocky Mode

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<v Speaker 1>You're blowing my mind, Uber driver. It's one more thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we get to that, so I mentioned a video

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<v Speaker 1>on the radio show right away. I'd seen this video.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a store of some sort. A little robot dude

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<v Speaker 1>comes out to help somebody. He's a droid.

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<v Speaker 2>Short.

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<v Speaker 1>Short. And for whatever reason, the customer at the store

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<v Speaker 1>gives the droid a little shove in the chest.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, he extends his hand to shake hands with the robot.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>And the robot leaves him hanging.

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<v Speaker 2>No, after that, he shoved him.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's why he shoved him, you think? I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>pick up on that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the way I read it. Okay. Why he shoved

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<v Speaker 3>him is kind of incidental to the story, but don't

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<v Speaker 3>leave someone hanging like that. It's rude.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, okay, so Joe's on the side of the robot. Somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>you go to shake their hand, you don't shake it.

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<v Speaker 1>That robot has the ability to just pull your head off.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I see.

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<v Speaker 3>The full martial arts ass kicker. That's what I do.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, Joe's totally right, by the way. He goes,

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<v Speaker 2>he extends his hand for a handshake.

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<v Speaker 3>The hand of friendship.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I really believe we're burying the lead here.

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<v Speaker 2>So....

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<v Speaker 1>The guy gives the droid a little shove and the

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<v Speaker 1>droid goes into Bruce Lee Kung Fu mode for some

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<v Speaker 1>reason and starts whirling its hands around and it's kicking

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<v Speaker 1>its leg in the air. And a bunch of other

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<v Speaker 1>employees run in to try to tackle the thing. And

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know if it was AI or if it

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<v Speaker 1>was real. Katie did a little research and thinks it's real.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it is real. I plugged it into like three different,

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<v Speaker 2>I plugged it into Claude chat, GPT and grok. And

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<v Speaker 2>they all say it's legitimate.

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<v Speaker 1>But, Well, I've known plenty of people that if you, dudes,

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<v Speaker 1>if you gave them a little shove, they'd be ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go full on fight. But I think most people

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<v Speaker 1>would be like, hey, what's that all about? As opposed to,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you my Bruce Lee kick in

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<v Speaker 1>the face. So I feel like the droid overreacted. What

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<v Speaker 1>is going on here?

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<v Speaker 2>What I love is that it wasn't an immediate reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>The droid drops into this like, what the? Stance.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes. Exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>To let everybody know they're about to get their ass kicked.

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<v Speaker 3>Goes into full chop-socky mode.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, who's ready for a robot ass-kicking, huh?

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<v Speaker 2>And he kicked so hard his leg got stuck on

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<v Speaker 2>the counter.

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<v Speaker 3>The great radio personality Jim Rome used to talk about

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<v Speaker 3>likes to fight guy. He may still, for all I know.

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<v Speaker 3>Evidently likes to fight guy programmed this robot because this

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<v Speaker 3>robot was ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Little shab-boom, let's get it on.

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<v Speaker 3>Ha-cha, ha-cha, hi-ya!

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a bad bar fight, though, because there's like

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<v Speaker 2>two people trying to hold the robot back, and it's like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>let me at him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right. The robot was like, let me at him. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>he couldn't let go of his grudge. You're a robot.

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<v Speaker 3>The guy shoved him out of nowhere. First, he snubbed

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<v Speaker 3>him with the handshake. Then he gave him a shove.

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<v Speaker 3>He deserves an ass kicking.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm-hmm.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't it?

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<v Speaker 1>That's really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>This video is on loop on my computer. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>funnier every time you watch. It really is funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Did the robot afterwards say, I lost my cool. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Anger management has always been a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>This particular poster said it wasn't a cute glitch or

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<v Speaker 2>a stumble. The staff literally had to grab the robot

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<v Speaker 2>and drag it down while it kept trying to fight.

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<v Speaker 2>So what in.

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<v Speaker 1>Its programming went into at any cost? You must fight

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<v Speaker 1>this guy and win.

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<v Speaker 2>It's drag down time.

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<v Speaker 3>Snatch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper bot. I suspect,

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<v Speaker 3>and this is a guess, what the hell do I know,

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<v Speaker 3>but you've heard the stories of, you know, the pizza

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<v Speaker 3>chains or whoever tries to deploy delivery bots, and people

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<v Speaker 3>like hit them with bats and vandalize them and stuff

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<v Speaker 3>like that. And so evidently, and I suspect this was China,

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<v Speaker 3>the guys look Chinese, but I suspect that They programmed it.

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<v Speaker 3>If somebody messes with you or starts to vandalize you,

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<v Speaker 3>go into chop-sock mode. But I hope you leave enough

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<v Speaker 3>room for my fist because I'm going to ram it

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<v Speaker 3>into your stomach.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the deal. Again, watching this, and like this

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<v Speaker 2>quote says, this clip was funny, now it's not. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not because I'm noticing he doesn't have a direct

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<v Speaker 2>conflict with one person. Like, I'm saying he, like it's

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<v Speaker 2>a effing person. He decides to fight everyone. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>anything that comes within, I don't know, radar of this thing,

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<v Speaker 2>he's fighting everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>It'd be interesting if there had been a vacuum cleaner there.

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<v Speaker 1>Would he have punched the vacuum cleaner?

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<v Speaker 2>Only humans. But, like, two people are trying to stop

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<v Speaker 2>it from fighting the dude that snubbed his handshake, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he just starts, or it, starts going after them.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good point. It turned against humanity.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Not just the dude who shoved him.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh?

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<v Speaker 1>That's why the Mandalorian would say, I hate droids.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know what's really interesting? The guy shoves it,

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<v Speaker 3>then it hesitates for a long moment, and his minder,

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<v Speaker 3>who I think runs the store, says something to the bot,

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<v Speaker 3>and then it goes apes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it goes into the, wha!

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<v Speaker 1>What do you suppose it said to it?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mother's a vacuum cleaner.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, jeez!

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to take that from your handshake? You're just

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<v Speaker 3>going to get shoved by our customers like that, you baby?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>All right. All right. I'll take off his head years too,

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<v Speaker 3>you bastard.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I wouldn't have guessed that every robot is trained

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<v Speaker 1>to fight. Don't they have to be programmed to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to fight? Or does that just come naturally with

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<v Speaker 1>the robot AI package?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. This is the AI takeover, dude.

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<v Speaker 3>Clearly, it's the first volley. No, I think it was

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<v Speaker 3>programmed so if somebody messes with you, you go into

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<v Speaker 3>chop-socky mode so it won't vandalize you. That's my best guess.

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<v Speaker 3>We can't have that. We must have that. You don't

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<v Speaker 3>get to damage my property. I'm training my property to

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<v Speaker 3>defend itself.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't have robots who are like guys I've known

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<v Speaker 1>where if you're walking past them and you bump into them.

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<v Speaker 3>And say, hey!

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to have robot chop-socky in my driveway.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, stage fights? Yeah. I would totally hang around for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Hell yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if that's the future. I have one stationed

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<v Speaker 1>outside my front door at night.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, patrolling your grounds, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you know what? Chop Sock, he doesn't like to

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<v Speaker 2>be approached from behind where his little sensors are. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why he's hitting so much. If you watch the video,

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<v Speaker 2>if you come up behind him. Yeah, well, same, robots.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>Me too, robot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Could I have jumped into that fight? As I have,

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately and dumbly, a few times in my life. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>on your side, robot. Let's take these guys out. Or

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<v Speaker 1>what is it going to fight me no matter what?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I'm a human.

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<v Speaker 2>Do we know how much robot weighs? Because that.

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<v Speaker 3>He's short.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, he's a little guy, but I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 2>clearly made of metal. So. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a real advantage. Are we going to talk about

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<v Speaker 3>your Uber driver who taught you time management skills? No? No.

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<v Speaker 3>That's too bad, because I had a Lyft driver really

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<v Speaker 3>help me with my manscaping, so I was kind of

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<v Speaker 3>anxious to hear what you had to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have to get to that on a future podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel ashamed to spend enough time talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>robot fight. I sent you guys a video, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>of a martial arts demonstration using a robot, and it

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<v Speaker 1>kicks a child in the stomach.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that was troubling.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to spend a little time on this today.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd actually like to know more about that. Was it,

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<v Speaker 1>like Joe's theory, actually trained to fight if anybody messes

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<v Speaker 1>with it? And is that what robots are?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I want that. I'm going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask the world's worst AI system, Rock, if this robot

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<v Speaker 2>was actually trained to fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Were those employees that ran over to try to stop

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<v Speaker 1>it or just other customers? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>No, those are employees.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>If they're employees, they seem to react like they were

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<v Speaker 1>afraid this was going to happen. I mean, that's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of what it seemed like to me. Not like they

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<v Speaker 1>were really shocked and surprised that this thing went apex.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah. I mean, the second the dude shoved it,

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<v Speaker 2>three of them came out of the back like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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<v Speaker 2>What did you call it, Joe? Robot chop?

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<v Speaker 3>Chop socky, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, chop socky. got into his fight stance, and then

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<v Speaker 2>all hell breaks loose.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a feeling in the not-too-distant future, when Elon says,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, 80% of Americans will have a home robot,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to see lots of robot fights. Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Your battle bots is fun. Robot fights, that'd be even

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<v Speaker 3>more fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, there's the staged kind, yeah, but I just think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my robot gets in a fight with my

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<v Speaker 1>neighbor's robot over something.

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<v Speaker 3>Or China's 50,000 robots get in a fight with our

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<v Speaker 3>50,000 robots, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. Yeah, well, if you haven't seen the video yet,

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<v Speaker 1>it's at armstrongandgetty.com. Judge for yourself whether the robot was

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<v Speaker 1>in the right or not. You go to shake a

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<v Speaker 1>man's hand.

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<v Speaker 2>So, according to Grok, this thing's name is Syma. S-Y-O-M-A.

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<v Speaker 1>Syma.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a retail tech consultant humanoid robot at a Russian

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<v Speaker 2>electronic store. It is not their combat model.

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<v Speaker 1>And somebody paid extra for the Bruce Lee mode in

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<v Speaker 1>case somebody gives it a shove.

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<v Speaker 2>The kicks after the shove look like a balance glitch. No,

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<v Speaker 2>that's BS. Staff shut it down. No injuries reported.

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<v Speaker 3>I was trying to whoop some ass. Balance glitch?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you watching, Croc? This is a retail tech

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<v Speaker 2>consultant humanoid robot at a Russian store and was not

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<v Speaker 2>a combatant. robot.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's just a somebody trying to help me at

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<v Speaker 1>the store who has the Chuck Norris mode deep in

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<v Speaker 1>its brain if it needs it. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to a different store. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>get my ass kicked by your robot.

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<v Speaker 1>Are there any stores in this mall where I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to fight a robot? I'd like to shop there.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a Foot Locker nearby? I'd like to go there.

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<v Speaker 3>Goodbye.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Sears never had killer robots.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just saying. Good craftsman tools.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I guess that's it.