Waving flags, "chanting" slogans and marching in circles, around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Monday to campaign for AI regulation in front of Poland's digital affairs ministry.
The protest was organised by Democratism, an initiative that, according to its website, aims to launch debate on how AI and robotisation affect the labour market.
In a scene that blurred the line between protest and product demonstration, one of the machines fielded questions directly from journalists.
"The robots present here are meant to show that this technology is already a reality," Agibot A3, one of the AI-powered humanoid robots, said — a statement that proved its own point rather neatly.
Chants of "Defend workplaces," "Time for rules" and "Don't wait, regulate" played on loudspeakers as the robots — which ranged from bipedal humanoids to dog-like quadrupeds — demonstrated.
