"Professional Foul" By Chess Robot

[Smokin Joe]

Machines appear to be taking on the characteristics of human beings -

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...eaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow

 

[Bollo]

I for one welcome our new Russian chess robot overlords.

 

[Cycleops]

Well the Ruskies do seem to be getting a bit of a reputation for grabbing things and not caring about how they hurt people in the process.

 

[Slick]

It must have been a legitimate military target.

 

[a.twiddler]

Luckily it wasn't programmed to launch a tiny missile across the chess board if it felt aggrieved or thought it was losing.

 

[Beebo]

I didn’t realise the machines actually move the pieces.
I assumed they just gave their move and a human actually physically move the pieces.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

It was a special chess operation.

 

[ColinJ]

This was worrying too...

Robots used in medical surgery were also held responsible for the deaths of 144 people between 2008 and 2013.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Kid sounds like he had it coming to him. Cut the bot some slack.