Don't F*ck that Robot

Rosey from The Jetsons may finally be coming—but this version has cameras, cloud access, a monthly subscription and possibly a remote human behind the controls. Poet and community organizer Mandy Lynn returns to the studio as Chibbi and Rooster ask whether they would allow an AI-powered humanoid robot into their homes in exchange for freedom from cooking, cleaning and laundry. The conversation quickly moves from robot maids to surveillance, hacked baby monitors, hidden workers, dangerous jobs, healthcare automation and the parts of our humanity we might lose when we stop doing things for one another. Would household robots liberate us from unpaid labor—or would capitalism simply fill our newly available time with more work? Could robots support nurses without eliminating meaningful human contact? If workers teach machines how to perform their jobs, what happens to those workers afterward? And when the robots start looking and acting like people, how long before somebody tries to bang one? Plus: lubricated throats, San Antonio tornado immunity, horror-movie recommendations, rich-people problems and the surprising spiritual value of washing your own damn dishes. Referenced in the conversation: “AI in Action”—UT McCombs on Austin-based Apptronik Apptronik’s 90,000-square-foot Robot Park Apptronik’s official Robot Park announcement Would you invite a robot into your home? What chore would be worth sacrificing a little privacy—and would you want your robot to look human? Slide into the DMs and let us know: @gemineyes and @roostmtz on IG. Go to puropinchepod.com/pod to merch, rep the pod, and keep the puro pinche spirit alive wherever you go. Like, subscribe, share the episode and remember: don’t fuck that robot. Timestamps 00:00 Lubricated throats and cough-drop discourse 02:07 San Antonio weather, tornadoes, and 47 minutes of danger 04:40 Obsession, Undertone, and horror-movie recommendations 08:34 Rosey from The Jetsons enters the conversation 09:16 Apptronik, Robot Park, and the Apollo prototypes 10:31 Would you invite a robot into your home? 11:41 Alexa with a body and the surveillance problem 13:31 Mexican dishwashing standards versus robot reliability 14:32 Waymo accidents and who is accountable when technology fails 16:05 Cooking, culture, humanity, and technological atrophy 17:08 Domestic labor and whether robots could close the gender gap 18:52 Why are consumers beta-testing unfinished technology 20:29 Ring cameras, hacked baby monitors, and cybersecurity 22:50 Subscriptions, planned obsolescence, and robot waste 24:50 How science fiction romanticized our robot future 25:41 AI relationships, emotional data, and manipulation 28:34 If robots do everything, what happens to us? 29:22 Are robots replacing workers, or hiding them? 30:40 Robots, oil fields, underwater welding, and dangerous jobs 32:39 Healthcare robots and the need for human contact 37:08 Move fast, break shit, and make consumers pay for it 37:56 Does everyone get a vote before a robot enters the house? 41:19 Would automation create leisure, or another job? 43:07 The grounding power of washing your own dishes 44:13 Rich-people problems and why taxation is therapeutic 46:23 Should robots look like humans? 47:39 Sex robots, Blade Runner, and the inevitable future 49:02 Hacking robot safeguards and everything behind Rosey 49:49 Robot maids versus the four-day workweek 50:30 Would you bang a robot?