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My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)

Tom ScottCited 4× on HN, 2023-2024
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3.8M views · 4 years ago · comedy · dated

Tom Scott shows a robot double of himself, built from an Engineered Arts Mesmer robot, delivering a VPN advertisement in his place.

Linked as an example of the honest, self-aware way Tom Scott treats VPN ads and their legitimate use cases.

RoboticsProduct, marketing & salesSatire & parody#tomscott#robots#vpnads#sponsorship

4 comments from Hacker News

@throw0101a2024 · in “Post World War II Food”

> Given the amount of advertising for vpns you might think they are a scam. Tom Scott did a video in 2019 entitled "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN" where he explains why a lot of the ad copy at that time was often misleading, and why he didn't take money from them: * link In 2022 he made video with an ad read from a VPN provider with more honest claims about their use cases: * ▶ this video

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@throw0101b2023 · in “NordVPN library and client code open-sourced”

> link This is Tom Scott's 'original' 2019 video called "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN" where he explains most of the reasons listed to use VPN by ads is useless. However a few years later with "My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)" he did a follow-up listing useful reasons (geo-based content, better prices on vacation sites, etc) in which he was sponsored by NordVPN: * ▶ this video

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@throw0101b2023 · in “NordVPN library and client code open-sourced”

This reminds me of the 'original' 2019 video by Tom Scott called "This Video Is Sponsored By [redacted] VPN" where he explains most of the reasons listed to use VPN by ads is useless: * link And then a few years later with "My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)" he did a follow-up listing useful reasons (geo-based content, better prices on vacation sites, etc) which was sponsored by NordVPN: * ▶ this video

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@ben_w2023 · in “Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and toss, like humans”

Maybe, but based on what I saw in my mother and grandmother in their old age, I think androids in general (not just Boston Dynamic) have a long way to go just on the "accidentally terrifying" front, let alone capabilities, for example this is the wrong side of uncanny valley for me: ▶ this video

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