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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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[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Alternatively, get a button-operated rising-arm barrier. All a driver needs to do is push the button to get in or out. Unless they're an AI that can't get out of the car, anyway.

...and send Waymo the bill for it.

[โ€“] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 hours ago

What you do is tell the contractor that WayMo already agreed to pay, repeat until you find one of Trump's dumbass jobbers and hire him.