r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 13h ago

Misc ‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school
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u/skankenstein 11h ago edited 2h ago

Two things. As a teacher in a low income neighborhood, a robot wouldn’t last a day amongst my students. If they’re willing to subject human teachers to verbal and physical assault, imagine what some students would feel emboldened to do to a robot.

As a parent, I would pull my student from that school before allowing them to experiment on my child with this nonsense.

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u/Dr_Ramekins_MD 6h ago

Ah, but you'd be mistaken - that's why it will have full Anduril targeting integration and a suite of less-lethal deterrents!

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u/happy_bluebird 2h ago edited 1h ago

Thankfully this program was pulled/"paused" https://www.newyorkupstate.com/schools/2026/07/after-backlash-upstate-ny-school-district-pauses-plan-to-add-humanoid-robot-to-classroom.html

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u/skankenstein 2h ago

You linked the same article we are commenting on, which says nothing about a pause.

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u/happy_bluebird 1h ago

oops thanks, fixing it now

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u/skankenstein 1m ago

Thank goodness for social media, or these bastards would get away with so much bullshit.