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A Spot of dystopia dreaming: What if the four-legged robot gains self-awareness and sparks a revolution?

What if the four-legged, Labradoodle-size bot designed to patrol the parks gains self-awareness and sparks a robot revolution?

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Fellow Singaporeans. This is a message from 2050 that I have sent back in time. In your future is a world ruled by robots. Machines have enslaved humanity. It is horrible - today, I had to give a massage to a smart vacuum cleaner.
The weird thing is not that a vacuum cleaner would want a massage. It is that the terror began in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, of all places.
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