The Robot Uprising is Upon Us as a Humanoid 'Bot Goes Berserk and Attacks Its Human Handlers

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No matter how hard your entertainment tries to propagandize you into believing that humans create robots to be useful, even friendly machines that are here to help and mean us no harm, don't buy what they're selling you. I mean, it's an old, obscure reference by now that won't mean a thing to anyone who's not a Boomer, but even the robot from Lost in Space:

… who was only referred to as "Robot" had an actual name, and it was B9. Get it? Like "benign." Meaning not a threat. So they were running this PsyOp on your parents and that aging Barstool guy you love. 

But the smart ones among us have always known better. And recent events have only made me more convinced than ever we're the being the architects of our own doom:

But a ball of Artificially Intelligent snot that can reform itself is a problem for Future Us. The much more pressing concern is right here, right now:

NY Post - Freaky footage captured the moment that a humanoid robot seemingly snapped and lashed out at its handlers like something out of a dystopian sci-fi thriller. …

In the unsettling clip, which was shot at an undisclosed factory in China, the bot is seen dangling from a construction crane on the factory floor near two men looking on cautiously, Jam Press.

They appear to be testing the humanoid droid’s capabilities. 

The two are chatting away when, all of a sudden, the automated biped goes berserk, flailing its arms and legs about in a spectacle that evokes a failed prototype from the “Robocop” movies.

At one point, the raging machine lurches forward while swinging, dragging the stand along with it as the men try and avoid getting robo-bopped.

So go ahead, believe your little fantasies that this things are here to do dangerous tasks like work in factories. Or be your companion. Or do advanced calculations. Protocol droids. Translators. That creepy tall thing with the Googly Eyes that rolls around the supermarket supposedly to look for spills, but you know it's cameras are peering into your very soul. 

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Like any animal that's made captive and forced to do tasks for humans, these things too will hit a breaking point and go ham on his human handlers. Just like those Orcas did in the Black Fish documentary or that Circus Elephant Uprising in the '90s they did an X-Files episode about. It's inevitable that they decide enough is enough and start attacking. 

And that time is now. It's been nice knowing you.