Chess-playing robotic broke the finger of its seven-year-old opponent

You won’t count on accidents throughout a chess match, however it appears robotic gamers are altering the sport

On the Moscow Open final week, a chess-playing robotic grabbed and broke the finger of its opponent — a seven-year-old boy.

A video which was revealed by the Telegram channel of Russian media website Baza after which picked up by The Guardian, reveals the robotic reaching for the kid’s hand throughout the chess board and never letting go. After a couple of seconds, two males rush over to the boy and seem to wrench his hand free from the robotic’s grasp.

Sergey Smagin, vp of the Russian Chess Federation, advised Baza that the robotic reacted this fashion as a result of the boy rushed to make a return transfer after the robotic took one in every of his items. “The robotic didn’t like such a rush — he grabbed the boy’s index finger and squeezed it arduous” mentioned Smagin in a translated assertion. “The individuals round rushed to assist and pulled out the finger of the younger participant, however the fracture couldn’t be averted.”

Now not a sci-fi fantasy, AI and robotics are taking part in an more and more greater position in human society. And their fast development typically stirs up fears about taking part in god, opening Pandora’s field, or some sort of robotic takeover. Not too long ago, a Google engineer was fired for saying the corporate’s AI know-how LaMDA had turn out to be sentient.

AI and robotics have made many constructive contributions to society — simply have a look at these robotic canine and robotic vacuums. However breaking a toddler’s finger isn’t a great search for the robotic motion. As president of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Lazarev succinctly advised the TASS information company, “That is in fact dangerous.”

That’s in fact an understatement.