That's not the only alternative to money. He could be proposing communism.

The subculture weirdoes dress in a certain common way exactly to be easily identifiable. It's about as subtle as holding a blinking "I'm a goth." sign over their head. So while I think that the software is impressive, I wouldn't worry about the privacy implications much, it's only able to profile extroverts who want to be noticed.

That much water would block the signal anyway, what's the point of bringing a phone underwater?

If robots were treated only as tools instead of weapons or pets, we wouldn't have to worry about an uprising.

According to RTFA, the courts would decide. The guy is talking about convicted criminals.

It's not hard to misinterpret a summary that's outright misleading. It's also not hard to misinterpret a study that makes a strategic omission about its main result: they only measured critical thinking about paintings, but that fact doesn't appear in the paper's title. An honest summary of the results would be that 'art makes you know more about art', which is hardly surprising.

Because high end phones are PCs that also have to fit in a small case and operate on battery.

Most of Australia is uninhabited desert, where even a nuclear accident couldn't cause much trouble.

Not to mention that this robot has to be remote controlled by a human operator, making it far inferior to a dog.

But where would they hire the hitmen after the site has closed?

And the notion that young people can't have routine isn't ageism?