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LA’s Vandalized Food-Delivery Bots

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In Los Angeles, the sidewalks are now crowded by autonomous food-delivery robots, and the internet is filled with people attacking and vandalizing them. You might be noticing a theme here. No matter what city you’re in, it seems like people don’t like private companies sending out robots to patrol public spaces. There are lots of good reasons for that, including the fact that LA’s UberEats food-delivery robots give cops footage from their cameras. No one likes a narc, but it can’t feel good to get flipped over when you’re just trying to drop off some sushi.