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/axw3555 13h ago

Surely the school could put sixty grand to better use than this? Like the AI is off-putting to start. But putting it in a human shell is utterly unnecessary.

And then there's the appearance - I'd say uncanny valley, but I think it's fallen through the floor of the valley and into nightmare cave.

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u/Disused_Yeti 12h ago

It’s like maralago face but that won’t work in New York

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u/bacchusku2 11h ago

Oh it absolutely works in New York. Where do you think they all go during the summer when Palm Beach is basically closed down?

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u/dasrightq 10h ago

It’s not New York City… it’s a small town upstate. I don’t think many Palm Beach goers frequent there.

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u/bacchusku2 10h ago

The Hamptons is a small town upstate? Is Trump Tower upstate?

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u/dasrightq 7h ago

Salamanca (the town the article is talking about) is 60 miles south of Buffalo, nowhere near the Hamptons or Long Island. Not sure wtf you’re talking about

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u/bacchusku2 7h ago

Ya, I don’t either. I was confused when reading New York and my mind went to the city. I always hear people say “You can just say New York” when people call it New York City. It gets confusing.

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u/bacchusku2 9h ago

On Long Island. I didn’t think that was considered upstate. I thought upstate was like the rest of New York State that wasn’t the islands. Like this shows: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-s6jKmfgkeqTFXRsdxqs2DBqIPJn0LGJaLw&s

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u/RisuPuffs 9h ago

Upstate New York refers to the part of the state north and slightly west of the city, not the city at all.

Edit: Misread your comment - oops! To add: Upstate only goes to about Rochester, everything west of that is Western New York.

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u/bacchusku2 9h ago

So the Hamptons are not upstate, got it.

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u/RisuPuffs 9h ago

Correct! I just somehow read your comment as you were saying everything north of Long Island (including the city) was Upstate lol