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A retired Penn professor has been blocking Uber Eats robots for months. This week, she got arrested for it (www.phillyvoice.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53250107

Police confirmed they had responded to a report of "criminal mischief involving a robot" on the 1200 block of Filbert Street around 1:16 p.m. on Wednesday. A woman on the scene ignored "multiple commands" to move, they said, resulting in a criminal violation notice for disorderly conduct.

Uber declined to comment.

Marvin, who plans to contest the charge on the grounds of her First Amendment right to protest, has been undeterred by the arrest. She plans to continue blocking Uber Eats robots and chatting with curious passersby who ask what she's doing.

"It allows me to talk to people about what's going on," she said. "It's always very interesting conversations that we have, and I think it's good to have those kinds of conversations in public space."

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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (7 children)

They don't have to be special, they just have to be allowed, which depends on local laws that restrict their weight, speed, and other things. This whole line of argument misses my point that giving workers a share of the benefits of innovation would be better than treating the innovations as the enemy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (6 children)

    They don’t have to be special, they just have to be allowed, which depends on local laws that restrict their weight, speed, and other things.

    This is your opinion and I disagree. They're free to sort it out with the heavy machinery on the tarmac, though, if and only if they're taxed as other vehicles are taxed too.

    This whole line of argument misses my point that giving workers a share of the benefits of innovation would be better than treating the innovations as the enemy.

    We're talking about uber eats, do you think they will give any worker a share of any benefit? Get real.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    There's a difference between do and should. They should. That requires regulation.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Of course they should, but they won't. Regulation means an elected representative would have to propose the law, it would have to be approved, then signed into law. Won't ever happen because of regulatory capture.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    Companies will only give workers a share of the benefits of innovation if they're forced to - a goal I'd rather try to achieve than call it impossible. People have taken your attitude about all sorts of real things - worker safety rules, food quality standards, the right to unionize... even the idea that people would obey lines painted on the road was originally scoffed at. And yet we have them. So get real yourself.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    You're very wrong if you think I'm being defeatist because I enjoy it. I'm just jaded after a lifetime of enduring the apathy of everyone around me. If you're not like me yet and don't want to lose that spark, keep fighting. I'm just too tired to do it myself. Good luck.

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