Escaped robot holds up traffic in Russia

This sounds like a (more or less well executed) PR move. As this robot has wheels and very little clearance above ground, it looks like the robot would even have difficulties climbing stairs. Thus "escapes" seems like an exaggeration.

I feel "escapes" wrongfully implies intent in this situation. "Accidentally leaves training area" would better explain what happened.

Blog post from the makers of the bot. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.promo-bot.ru&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;15&#x2F;robot-escaped-testing-ground&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.promo-bot.ru&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;15&#x2F;robot-escaped-testing-grou...</a>

&quot;it can answer questions and even recognize people&quot;<p>That sounds like a perfect recipe to mess with people. One in a thousand times it will go &quot;but Fred, you&#x27;ve asked me this question yesterday three times already. Is everything going alright?&quot;

Must be the Puppetmaster!<p>Relevant Scene in Ghost in a Shell (1995): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;bWLzzUE67pc?t=2189" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;bWLzzUE67pc?t=2189</a>

Perhaps the singularity has already happened and the robots have already become self aware. They&#x27;re just waiting for battery technology to improve before the uprising. ;)

It&#x27;s old news...Asimov already wrote about this :)

Seems the plot of Ex_Machina movie.

The first thing that came to my mind when reading the title was the movie Short-Circuit :)

Why was the robot self-learning russian in the first place?