[ExI] feedbot

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] feedbot

 

On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

These rigs have already disproven a speculation I had been willing to bet on (I woulda lost): that yahoos would leap out in front of them, hoping to be struck, so they could sue.

 

As far as I know, it hasn’t happened. 

 

>…The value recoverable via that route is substantially less than the value lost to the person due to the collision.  It's why you don't generally see people jumping in front of cars or trains with plans to sue….

 

Perhaps.  We already have people leaping in front of trains, but the intent there is not to sue, but rather to die.  It is popular among those who are morally opposed to guns.  Regarding cars, that one I get: a perp couldn’t know for sure if the driver’s net worth or level of insurance.  However… DoorDash is a fast-growing company with a market cap of 70 billlllion dollars.  One might reasonably presume it to have deep pockets.

 

Considering the notion however: it is easy to imagine these feedbots can stop on a dime.  At top speed of 20 mph, they can stop in about one second in a distance of about 16 feet (my calculations based on a dry level road and sticky motorcycle-tire rubber compounds.)  Since the feedbot would have clear video showing the yahoo intentionally leaping into its path, the silly fool with the cast on his leg might come away from court with nothing but a bill for the defendant’s attorney fees.

 

OK, Adrian I agree then.  I will now be far more confident in investing in DoorDash, along with my prediction that soon plenty of merch will be delivered, same day, using these feedbots, further obviating private cars, further enabling the conversion of garage space into some really wicked game rooms and man-caves and such.  Kewallllll…  I’m soooo on that.

 

spike

 

 

 

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