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Brian met with Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles on this day in 1964.
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It's all starting to come true
[Posted Thursday, July 30, 2026 7/30/26 8:35 am]
This is a real headline from Google News yesterday:
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration through the FCC banned new humanoid and quadruped robot imports from foreign manufacturers, saying they pose "unacceptable risks" to US national security.
I warned about this in a recent blog post and now it seems to be happening for real.
 | EngineAI T800 humanoid robots
in Zhengzhou, China |
Our government has finally stepped up to state these robots are going too far. They fear these Chinese humanoid robots will collect data and send it back to China, virtually spying on us.
In addition, this week Delta and United Airlines have banned humanoid and animal robots from their flights, citing safety concerns over their large lithium-ion batteries, and how they pose additional challenges when it comes to emergency procedures and evacuations if the robots are located in the passenger area.
Although humanoid robots remain rare outside laboratories and factories, numerous companies are developing the technology, with robot evangelists such as Elon Musk predicting that they will eventually become common.
Isaac Asimov wrote about the human fear and distrust of humanoid robots in the 50s, and now that fear is becoming a reality.
First, spying on us. What's next? What's to prevent these robots from being aggressive towards human beings upon instructions from their foreign builders?
All this from a potentially world-dominating power that we know does not have our best interests at heart. AI is progressing too fast and finally the US government and some private companies are taking some kind of preventative action. But will it be too little too late?
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