The Bot Had a Moment

Talk About Near-Death Experiences

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Almost flying on its four tiny wheels, an Uber Eats service robot streaks past my apartment building as if pursued by the ghost of deliveries past.

I’m perched on a treadmill in the gym, walking nowhere and watching everything, when a human being rounds the sidewalk curb and steps directly in…