Gabi the Robot Buddhist Monk & Death by Plane
Episode 40 · May 15, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
South Korea ordained Gabi, a robot Buddhist monk, and XO has questions about the vows. Then a man walked onto a Denver runway into a Frontier jet at takeoff speed, the airport blamed some deer, and XO argues we're all going to have to pick a side on robots and AI.
About this episode
People are scared of AI and robots, and XO argues you'll eventually have to pick a side. That means dealing with sex robots, and with South Korea's Gabi, a humanoid robot ordained as a Buddhist monk at a Seoul temple, complete with 108 prayer beads. XO has questions about the vows.
Then a man scaled a fence at Denver International Airport and walked into the path of a Frontier jet at takeoff speed. XO breaks down the press conference, the motion sensors, and the deer that supposedly distracted the cameras, and asks how numb we'll all get to stories like this.
- Robot monk
- AI and robots
- Denver airport
- Frontier Airlines
- Future of work
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0:03As each day passes, it seems like people are getting more and more uncomfortable. They're getting more and more upset about the future, about some of the technologies that are coming with the future, whether it's AI or robots or robots powered by AI. Pick your poison. Pick your poison. What has you upset? It might be the displacement that is guaranteed to come in a couple of years for so many people, so many people that have put years into their profession, into their expertise. It's just going to be flushed down the toilet. What has you upset? People are getting upset about the future. And you can't really you can't really blame them. You can't really blame people that are getting upset about a future that they can't predict. You know, we are we're just we're kind of wired this way. you know, we don't we don't like change. Most of us, we're we're equipped to handle just, you know, a little bit of change.
1:02A little change here and there is actually good, especially if it's kind of like growth. You know, if it's stagnant, you're staying the same, that that starts to hurt. If you're going backwards, that that kind of hurts even worse. So, when people see a future where they see their their life going straight down, just a downward trajectory, that's when people get upset. People are getting angry. They're getting violent. Can you blame them? they're actually committing acts of violence. The question is, can you blame them? And even if you think that it's wrong, I do, by the way. I'm not saying that I endorse it. I'm not saying I I should, you know, this type of should happen. I'm not saying that at all. But can you can you blame them? Are you surprised? People don't know what to do. They don't know what to do anymore. So they're they're throwing Molotov cocktails at the people that are CEOs of, you know, the only AI company that they know. They're doing what they know that they can do.
1:58That's it's kind of it's kind of one of those things that you you had to see it coming. You had to see it coming. People are going to get upset. And it's not one of those things where it's just black and white. You know, you got the nut jobs that are committing acts of violence, that are trying to do whatever they're trying to do to force the future to stop coming. You got that extreme. And then you got the extreme of people that are already thinking about what their sex robot is going to be called. They already know what position they want to the robot in. They already know. They already know that they're going to fall in love. They already know that they're going to leave their wife and children. They know. They know they're never going to talk to any of their human families again. You got two extremes of people, but most people, I feel like, like myself, live somewhere in the middle. You know, you're not you're not one of those people that are so terrified of the future that you're either angry or you are just just stuck where you feel like, you know, there's there's no way out.
2:58I might as well just what is it? It's the flight, fight, or freeze. So you you have people that are are having these responses. Then you have the people again, they're already thinking about how they want to their sex robot, but somewhere in the middle, you got to be somewhat excited about this future. You got to be somewhat excited because it's not all bad. They're finding they're finding new ways to detect cancer sooner than ever, you know? That's that's something cancer. So yeah, it's not all bad. It's not all bad. You can't you can't just throw the baby out with the bath water. That's just me. As somebody that lives somewhere in the middle, but as each day passes, I feel like more people are going on the the bad side of the extreme. And I guess it is it's one of those, you know, perspective things. Either way, it's probably pretty bad. If you're already thinking about leaving your kids and your wife for a sex robot, it's probably pretty bad, too.
3:57But planning a whole violent revolution, that's that's a whole that's a whole another thing. There's different types of bad. So, I think as each day passes, more and more people are going to they're going to pick a side. They're going to have to pick a side. It's inevitable. The people in the middle will die off. People like myself will be killed. I will probably die soon unless I pick a side. I got to pick a side. I either I joined the revolution or I I a robot. I got to pick a side. You got to pick a side. There's people people in South Korea right now, they they're already picking their sides. The Buddhist monks in South Korea have picked their side. They they they drew the line in the sand. They know which side that they want to they want to be on. They know they want to be on probably the winning side. Let's be real.
4:54You know, it's probably the side that is going to win at the end of the day. It's okay. It's all right. You got You can't blame them either. You can't blame people for trying to survive. These are two instincts that have been wired into us. We don't like change, but we want to survive. What do you think is going to win out? And people in South Korea, the Buddhists in South Korea have already drawn the line in the sand. Over in South Korea, they have held an ordination ceremony for a 4ft tall humanoid robot named Gabby. They always have to name the robots. I want you to know that. That's why I told you the people that are going to the sex robots, they have already named the robot. You get to choose. It's like a pet. It's not like an ordinary relationship where it's boy meets girl, boy falls in love, boy, you know, knows the girl's name because the girl was already given a name by her parents.
5:52This isn't that. This isn't that. This is a sex robot who will do whatever you want. You have to think of what position you want. These people are already thinking ahead. There's always a name. There's always a name. A 4ft tall humanoid robot named Gabby. This isn't just a mascot. They actually draped it in a traditional robe and put it through a religious initiation ritual to make it an honorary monk. This is to be expected. It's to be expected completely. If you were surprised, you haven't been paying attention. I'm just I'm just going to tell you right now, and it's okay. I understand it. I understand not wanting to pay attention. But if you were surprised by this, you haven't been paying attention. And you know, people are going to be like, "It's just a PR stunt. This is all just for the cameras and the views." Okay. Okay. You think so? You think so? I think that it might be deeper than that.
6:49I think that they are just trying to be early to the scene. Just like the people that are doing these again crazy acts of violence. You got people protesting. You got people trying to actually stop the future. It's It's that much of a surprise that people are already ready to robots. They're already ready to let a robot become a monk. And I get it. They're Buddhists. What are they? What What's the problem? What's What's really the problem? Is there a problem here? Are you saying there's a problem? I'm not I'm not saying that there's a problem at all. I'm not always here to talk about problems. That's not That's not what I'm here to do. That's not what I'm here to do. I just know that some people, they may feel surprised by this. They may feel like this is just a PR stunt. I'm here to tell you that it's not. I'm here to tell you that this is real. This is the future.
7:46People are going to pick sides. People are going to pick sides. They even decided to rewrite the Buddhist vow specifically for robot monks. This isn't something temporary. Why would Why would they rewrite vows for just one? Why would they limit it to one? You know why? Ju just think just think about it. Think about it. And it's okay. It's okay. Again, can you blame them? Can you blame them? This is just the other side winning out. You got the side that really wants to fight against change. They're Buddhists. They're used to change. They're used to acceptance. This is coming. This is this is this is what's going to be inevitable. They've accepted it. Of course, they are one of the first. Of course. I think I think even the Pope said that AI was cool. I I might be wrong. You But I'm I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure the Pope said something about AI being okay.
8:49I don't know. It was probably something like God made us. We made this. Therefore, it has to be okay. It was probably something like that. And to that I say maybe he hasn't seen too many crackheads. You know, we made that. I I think I think maybe just maybe you can't just say because we made it, it's fine. We made nuclear bombs. You know, we we can't we can't just say because we made it, it's in God's image. But that's that's neither here nor there. You got to pick a side either way. That's what they're doing. They have to do what they have to do. And I understand it. I'm not here to judge. I'm not here to judge. I'm not here to say that this is a problem. I'm not here to talk about problems today. That's not what I'm doing. That's not what I'm here for today. I'm here to just tell you how it is. I'm here to tell you how it is and how it will be from here on out. It's only going to get worse.
9:45Each day that passes, people are going to draw the line. They're going to figure out where they are. This is this is gym class and you're getting picked for dodgeball and you don't want to be last. You don't want to be the last pick. I promise you that. I promise you that. There's no sitting on the bench. There's no trying to get out of gym class. There's no saying you're sick. There's no saying you're on your period. There's no saying you got a There's nothing. There's nothing you can do. You got to pick a team. You got to pick a side. And it sucks. It sucks cuz most of us we just want we just want a little bit. We want a little bit. Don't do too much. Don't do too much. I can see where this could go wrong. That's all I'm saying. I could see where it could go wrong. God forbid. God forbid. As crazy as the people are that are anything that's, you know, AI or future or tech or anything like that, as much as they just start to turn into to human zombies about it and they just start to snarl at anything that you say about the future, as crazy as that is, you got the people where if you even try to comment on anything that could be viewed as pessimistic, they start getting upset.
10:57You're you're interrupting them. They were daydreaming. They were thinking about the sex that they're going to have with their future robot. And it is common for them to to get upset about people interrupting their fantasies. It often is their wives. Their wives are the ones that are interrupting their fantasies the most because they keep going on and on and on and it's getting harder and harder for them to pay attention. It's getting harder and harder for them not to snap. One day they just want to say, "Woman, I am going to leave you. I'm going to be a sex robot. I've already made my decision. I've made my decision." And she's taking your name. She's taking your name, Susan. She will be Susan, too. And no, not the number also. And I will leave you. Shut the up. I'm leaving you for the better Susan.
11:57So when you say anything to these people that are already on edge, they've already had it up here with Susan and all the other Susans. All the other Susans, even different they're all Susan. I don't care if they have a different name. They're all Susan. They're all the wives that are they don't even know that they're they're future divorcees. They don't know. They don't know that their life as they know it is over. They don't know that when they have sex once a month and he manages to get it up because of the the Viagra or whatever the hell he took some gas station Rhino pill. I don't know. He did something to get this one nut that he he feels like he deserves. He feels like he deserves this one nut. When he's you, Susan. He's thinking about the other Susan, the robot Susan. The one that will do different positions. The one that won't make fun of him when he doesn't perform well.
12:59You stupid Shut the up. Susan, I've had it up to here. When you talk to these people and you say anything pessimistic, they get upset. They get upset. They don't want to hear it. It's something where you just quickly brush it off. You quickly just brush it off. The future's going to be amazing. You're just fear-mongering. And fear-mongering does happen. I hope I wish that it'll be somewhere in the middle. That's what I want. That's usually what it'll be. But I don't think it will be. Not this time. Not this time. No. We're going to have to pick a side. There's no sitting out of this dodgeball game today. There's no getting out of gym class today. They they made Buddhist vows specifically for Gabby, for robot monks. It won't just be Gabby. Instead of the standard vows about abstaining from intoxicants, Gabby had to pledge to avoid damaging other robots to obey humans without in fact before before we go on to how they she must obey humans, which is it's laughable to say the least.
14:08It's a joke to say the least. I think maybe that's the PR stunt. That's the PR stunt. But before we get to that, pledge to avoid damaging other robots. Why? Why do you think that that's a rule? Do you really think it's going to stop it, Gabby? You wouldn't make that a rule unless there were other robots. I'm just saying. I'm just saying this is only going to it's only going to progress. Whether that is a negative or positive progression, that is up to you. Where do you draw the line? Which side of the fence are you on? Which team do you want to be on? Is it the good or the bad? When I said the good team, which side did you think of? Cuz that says a lot. That might help you make your choice. When I said, "Are you on the good team?" without telling you which team that was. the first side that you thought of, it's a good indicator that that is where you will end up drawing the line.
15:10Even if you're like, "No, I'm I'm not going to not going to the robot. I'm not going to the robot." You're going to you're going to the robot. And it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It will It will it will make you it will make you nut like you have never kn before. Thank you. Come again. It's what the is what the Buddhists are saying. They say please we want more. This technically is not sex. Maybe maybe they're already getting to it. Maybe they're already Why would it be Gabby? Why Gabby? Why is the the new robot named Gabby? You think it's a coincidence that we have a we have a a a new a new robot Buddhist monk named Gab Gabby.
16:10It's not it's not something that Gab Gabby is somebody who real story. True story. Believe me or not, I I lost my virginity to a Gabby. Swear to God. Swear to God. Swear to God. Do you think that they called this robot Gabby for no reason? Do you think that's what they did? I I I I see it. I see it. I see the future plain as day. This is where we're going. You don't put something in about not damaging other robots because there's going to be more robots. You add a new monk called Gabby because it is a robot. It is not a person. I'm I'm not sure what the standard vows are, but I'm pretty sure they're not allowed to I don't know if they're they're allowed to even uh jack off, masturbate, whatever you want to whatever you want to call it.
17:13I I don't know what their rules are, but I can almost guarantee you there's there's no rule in the little standard Buddhist monk vow thing. There's no rule that you can't have a robot named Gabby come in and you like you've never been before. There's no rules for that. And ooh, are they ready? Oh, are they ready? They're ready. You have to pledge not to avoid. You have to avoid damaging other robots. Why would Gabby want to do that? Why? You have to ask yourself. You have to ask yourself, why would Gabby even have the inclination to damage another robot? Why? Why would Gabby do that? Why would Gabby do that? Especially now that she Can I say she?
18:08May I go ahead and say she? Are we there yet? Can we say she? People are going to be these robots. Can I say she? Can I say she? We've been We've been calling We've been calling men in dresses she for years now. I should be able to say she for this robot. We should be able to do that. We should be able to do that at this point. We should be progressive enough for this. Can I say she? Why would she have the inclination to hurt other robots? Why would she ever do that? Why would Gabby do that? Maybe because the other robots that are coming, we've already we've already we've already put that as a confirmation as far as the fact that this is even a part of the vows. More robots are coming. This it's okay. They're coming. If more robots are coming, guaranteed it's going to be Gabby and Sarah.
19:04And actually, they're probably going to be more like I I don't know. I don't know what type of names. Sarah Sarah seems a little bit too too nice. Gabby's more more Gabby's and maybe that's just because of my experiences. Maybe that's it's because of my experience because I lost my virginity to a Gabby. Maybe that's maybe that's why. Maybe that is why. But I feel like Gabby sounds like a more name than Susan or Sarah. No offense to the Susans and Sarah. I'm sure you're catching dick or lips. Whatever you like. Whatever you like. I'm sure you catching it. I'm sure you do it. You do just fine. I'm not saying it's just a personal thing. I think maybe the monks are going to choose more sexual sounding. Not even sexual sounding because it's not like it's a stripper name. They're going to they're going to they're going to name these robots. They're gonna name these robots with names that that sound like they they DTF.
20:09They're down to they're down to They're down to a monk. They're down to a monk. They have to be They can't be a Karen. It can't It can't be. It's going to have to be something like I don't I don't even know. I I don't even know. I don't I probably shouldn't just start naming names. I don't know. They've they got time. They just met they just sit and meditate. This is what they've been thinking of. They have time. I I haven't I don't have the time for this. I don't have the time or the mind for this. I haven't I I haven't been enlightened. So, they they they're able to get a whole bunch of these robots and this future monk you know, future that we have. They're going to have all these robots and they're going to name them with similar names like Gabby. They're going to make sure that they're not any plain janes.
21:07They're going to make sure that they are all willing to some to some some monks. You know, that's that's that's a part of it. I'm surprised that that's not one of the vows. They probably just didn't want to mention that part. So, the fact that they have one of the vows that you you have to avoid damaging other robots, maybe they're already thinking of the fact that a little bit of jealousy might happen. It's the first thought I I could think of. Maybe Gabby gets upset. Bianca comes be that I feel like that's a good one. Bianca, I don't It's not even It's not It's not like a a good sounding name. You know, never even heard of a Bianca. It sounds Say what you want about the name. Bianca definitely sounds like she would I'mma go out with Bianca tonight.
22:11Bro, you going to get some. So Gabby doesn't like it that Bianca's been one of the monks. At first, Gabby was the talk of the town. Gabby got to get passed around. There was no rules. It was just Gabby. Gabby and these monks with nothing to do. They took turns. They they ran trades. They they they had groups. They had little groups that actually like kind of like clicks. Yeah. So, they would get in like threesomes and foursomes. And some of them some of the some of the monks she actually grew a connection with. She actually grew a one-on-one connection with. And yes, she this is why I said we need to say she. This is going to be the future. This is going to be the future. I'm sorry. She fell in love with some of the monks. She fell in love and she has a connection. So when Bianca comes and she starts the same monk, it's it's troubling. It's troubling there. She's going to need to have a vow to to lean back on.
23:09So taking a pledge to avoid damaging other robots is probably smart. The next the next vow to obey humans without talking back. to obey humans without talking back. If you want to tell me that this isn't sexual, you haven't been paying attention. I told you before, if you have if you think that this is not sexual, you haven't been paying attention. These these these people, think about this. Think about these are the monks that have they've gone off. Maybe maybe these are people that have they've had a wife before. They already left their wife and their kids. them. They they've already done their shut the up to the Susans. Okay, so they're already at the point where they've they've had it up to here and then some. They had to mellow out. They had to zen out. They had to become a Buddhist monk. That was the only option.
24:04They had to shave all of their hair and become a Buddhist monk. So now that they finally have the ability to have sex again, well, they're not going to waste it. They're not going to waste it. They already knew what the problem was before. Them was always talking back. These I don't know. I think there's there's some reasons why their previous marriages didn't work out. I hate to say it. I hate to say it. I'm sure they won't be affected. I'm sure they'll just be chilling. They won't be too affected by me saying that. I can see why their previous relationships didn't work out. Even if they weren't married, their relationship with society, I could see why they wanted to just escape. Maybe I don't even know. Do they are they all I'm picturing like a mountain with a whole bunch of like nuns in a in a cave or something and they're just like they're just constantly meditating?
25:08It might it might not actually it's probably it's definitely not actually like that. They might they might be able to go to the store and like that. I don't know how these live. I don't know. I'm not in South Korea. All I'm saying is to put a vow in there that Gabby's not allowed to talk back. She's gonna be some monks and she can't say a goddamn thing about it. She can't say anything. She's going to be some monks. And another vow to save energy and avoid overcharging. That uh that's uh that's the equivalent. These are these are these are people that they came from previous marriages. They came from previous marriages. They had affairs and then with their side chicks ended up getting damaged by their by their wives through these cat fights that became a lot more aggressive and a lot less sexy than it sounds.
26:16It it it got it got violent. So now you have a bitter a bitter wife cuz she's not going nowhere. She's not going no anywhere with these with these monks. Their previous wife was not going anywhere. And now you have a badly beaten up side chick. She had to go to the hospital. She broke a few ribs. You punctured the lung. She's up. She's never going to talk to him again. So now they have to They're thinking they're thinking they're thinking proactively. They're thinking they're they're obviously accepting the future. So they're future facing. They're thinking of the future. We have to make sure that they they pledge to avoid damaging other robots. This is why this is all a reflection of their past relationships. Obey humans without talking back there. After after their wives would catch them in these affairs, it would be nothing but lip.
27:13They would bring it up constantly. These these monks would get tired of it. They would have they would have dreams of just running away and never coming back. And one day they did. One day they went to a mountain in South Korea and they never came back. They never came back. And they've they've never been happier, by the way. Just so you know. Just so you know. They've never been happier. But this is a this is an indication of what they had to deal with. No talking back. And lastly, to save your energy and avoid overcharging. That is the equivalent of they had relationships where they constantly came home. It was a long day's work. They don't have the luxury of unloading about their date with their side chick. They never been able to talk to the wife. Just no connection. The only reason they're even together, the kids. And obviously, he hates them. Just utter disappointments.
28:09All four of them. They just kept popping them out thinking that one of them would be better. They never were. They never were. So, he has no outlet. He's had a long day. He came home. He's He's already He's already aware that he's going to be coming home to somebody talking back. He's already aware that he's going to be hearing some But not only that, he comes home and there's a light on in every house in every room in the house. Rather, there is a light on in every single room in the house. He is beside himself. He is upset. This is the one thing. This is the one thing that he he he asked her every single day. Hey, if you're going to leave the room, turn off the light. The light is the the the electricity is not free. Somebody pays for it. And that's me. And then she tells him to shut the up.
29:05You know, if if he has a problem, how about how about you go get with whatever the side bitch's name was. He didn't catch her name. He didn't catch her name. He just called her baby. He just called her beautiful. Whatever. He he just had a he had these little names for her where he never ended up knowing her name. He didn't want to it up. He didn't want to come home and say her name. She said, "Go to her. You know she's in the hospital. She doesn't with me anymore." And whose fault is that? You did this to her. You did this to yourself. He never he never was able to get his point across. She's probably still out there with every room having a light on to this day. To this day, that's that's how he pictures her, just sitting in one room with five other rooms lit up. That's that's just how that's how he left her.
30:01So when when they get a new chance, when they have the chance to do this all over again with Gabby, Gabby, down to Gabby. We got some things. You are going to avoid overcharging. You're going to save energy. I will save energy. You will avoid overcharging. I will avoid overcharging. You will not You will not talk back. I will never talk back. You will try to avoid damaging other robots. I will try to avoid damaging other robots. Gabby is u Gabby is a real a real catch. I think is what they think. And um again, you can't blame them. They picked they picked the side and now they are reaping the rewards of that. They get to customize their new toy. There's no rules in the standard Buddhist vows for this.
31:00There's nothing against this. They're fine. They're covered. In fact, the fact that Gabby, she's an honorary monk now, it's it's perfect. It's even more like, "What you going to say? What are you going to say?" It's not even flesh on flesh. What you going to say? And Gabby is down to So, um, without further ado, let's, uh, let's meet Gabby.
31:29South Korea saw the debut of his first robot monk at an ordination ceremony held at Soul's Sugar Temple on May 6. There she is.
31:35The humanoid robot was given the dominant name of Kabi, meaning mercy. So she was given the name Gabby meaning mercy. I you know the part in the movie where it's kind of foreshadowing what happens in the ending and sometimes you don't even catch it. Sometimes it's not until you rewatch a movie or a show and you realize that they were foreshadowing about the ending. They named Gabby Mercy. I think I think they're aware. You have to choose a side. You have to choose a side. Like I said, a lot of people are in the middle. Like myself, that's where I'm at. That's where I'm at with this. I'm not on either side. I am not on either extreme. But if you're in the middle, you are aware. Even if after you picked your side, deep down, you know, deep down, there's a part of you that still remembers that you were once upon a time in the middle.
32:40Maybe, maybe, just in case, just in case Gabby decides to go off the wall, decides to glitch, decides to have a problem. Some sort of problem. I don't know. You tell me. What would it be? What could happen? What could go wrong? What could go wrong with Gabby? She's down to And she was sexy as hell, wasn't she? You might not think so, but you will. You will. You either you either will have homicidal thoughts for this robot or you will want to her. It's either or. You will have to choose. But just in case they wanted to name her Gabby, meaning mercy, I think I think maybe that is a sign. Maybe that is a sign. Even if it's not Gabby, Gabby might be satisfied.
33:36Gabby actually g if it's especially if it's just Gabby for a while. Gabby might be satisfied. It's her and endless amounts of monks. She doesn't have to worry about anybody's stamina cuz she's on to the next one. She's going to be and sucking like no other. Gabby's going to be ready. Gabby is going to she's going to be put to work. So if she is good, if she's not a problem, maybe Gabby is for the other robots that are to come. So when they try to take over, be like, "Hey, no, these these guys are good. These are one of the early adopters. Hey, look, my name it means it means mercy. Maybe it works. Maybe maybe the the the robots just kill all the monks and they take Gabby on some Viking This is This is our lady now. This is our sex robot now.
34:32And you got robot on robot sex happening. That's just that's what's to come. It's It's bleak. You know, if if if I had to if I had to describe it, it's distressing to say the least. It's It's okay, though. It's okay. Maybe maybe maybe Gabby will be able to talk them into showing mercy.
35:00The ceremony known as Sugik or the five priest of ceremony is an event where believers pledge their faith to Buddha and his teachings. The ceremony held on May 6th was a special event organized in anticipation of the upcoming Look at that walk. She throwing that thing right now.
35:14Although the robot was ordained as a lay Buddhist practitioner, it was also granted honorary monks at the ceremonial birthday on May 24th. The 4'3 humanoid robot model GI created by Uni Robotics entered the initiation right draped in typical Buddhist monk garments also wearing a helmet resembling the shaped head of a monk prior to the ordination.
35:38This is um they got to customize this however they wanted. She going to be I know you saw that that walk. I know you saw that walk. She was throwing that thing around. She was throwing that bonka donk around. Badonka monk. It's it's it's a little bit arousing for these these people. I I could tell I could tell that this was something that they have been planning for for a while. They already knew. They knew the standard robot look wasn't going to work. They had to have something that was sexy. And it might not be sexy for you, but a bald a bald 4 foot tall woman is probably the best thing you could hope for in South Korea as a Buddhist monk. It's probably the best thing you could hope for. One that doesn't talk back. One that doesn't hurt your other One that doesn't just keep the lights on.
36:37Overcharging and Wasteful. Negligent. I think maybe maybe this is um this is this is expected just just a little bit. This is to be expected. You didn't think that it would just be one end of the spectrum. You thought it would just be the the people trying to enact violence against this and stop all of this. No. No. I told you there are going to be people ready to the robots. There's a reason. There's a reason this is happening. Kabi also participated in a purification ceremony called the unbi Of course
37:22Including the traditional small incense burn on the arm typically done during the ceremony. The robot also received 108 prayer beads around its neck.
37:30I just want to go ahead and put down for the record those are anal beads. their anal beads for the entire the entire uh the entire group here. So, uh it's right here in our face, ladies and gentlemen. It's it's right here in our face. It's not like they're trying to hide it. Okay. Ceremonial or whatever the that was. Okay, let me let me see one of these other other I mean, ninjas, I guess, is technically for them. It's more like ninjas instead of It's Yeah, I want to see them. I don't I didn't see any anal beads on them. Ceremonial. What? Whatever. It's right here in our face. The five precepts which are the five rules ableist follower must adhere to were also modified to a robot version where kabi swore to protect life refrain from damaging other robots and objects obey and respect humans no defilement and lastly conserve energy by not overcharging.
38:33Reflecting the event an official at the gate order of Korean Buddhism mentioned that the event represents a new possibility for the coexistence of human technology fostering harmony between tradition and the future. Yeah, I um I could I could see in fact I do now see um I I I saw now I saw that there were there were other monks with anal beads as well. It's still it still doesn't mean it's not right in front of our face. You know, apparently it is a thing. But before they didn't really have a way to use them they didn't have a way to to to use it. I don't I'm not sure if they could use it on themselves. I don't think they can have sex. But now there's a reason why Gabby got such a long necklace. This is anal beads for everybody. This is what she was designed for. She's she's ready. She's she has come alas and now so will they.
39:30It's it's something that is honestly it's one of those stories that it ended with a happy ending. Some people might think it's weird. Some people might think it's wrong that you have Buddhist monks in South Korea a a a robot named Gabby. That they are accepting Gabby into their monkship. I don't know what that would be called, but their group into their their orgy. They've accepted. They drew the line. Some people some people they won't be able to handle it. they they won't be able to they won't be able to pick a side. They know there's no winning side. They know that at the end of the day, even if they go with the resistance and they try to fight against the fact that eventually the government's going to turn into a complete nanny state that uses all of this technology to watch us, to basically make our privacy disappear, to give us digital IDs, to give us some sort of social credit score, to make it where if we are not on the grid connected with all of this using this technology
40:51Actually fully augmented into the future technology that's to come. They're going to make it where you just can't fit in. You just won't work. You will end up dying. You can't survive in society anymore without doing it. They already know that there's no there's no way out. It's uh again, it's one of those things you can't blame them. You can't you can't really blame them or be surprised by this. Again, I'm not saying I'm not saying I'm not saying I endorse it. I'm not saying I think that this is how it should be, that you should just give up. I'm not saying that at all. I'm not saying that that people are wrong to have these feelings like there's no way out. I'm not saying that either. I'm not saying people are wrong to to feel fear of not knowing what's to come in the future. I'm not saying any of that. I'm not here to judge.
41:47That's not my That's not That's not my place. I'm not here to judge. But some people are not going to be able to pick a side. They're going to have a hard time picking a team for dodgeball and they're just going to they're going to just opt out. they're going to say, "Fuck it. Life is not worth it. Life isn't worth it at all." And stories stories like this are are going to happen. Just so you know, before I get into the details, because it is it is maybe alarming. It is something that some people might find troubling. They might find it a little bit gruesome, a little bit sad, and it's okay. It's okay to have that to have that reaction, but you will become numb to this.
42:44This will become probably daily at at least a weekly occurrence. It's not something that is going to stop by any means. A 41-year-old man named Michael Mott stepped in front of a plane at the Denver International Airport. He managed to scale an 8-ft barbed wire fence 2 miles away from the terminal. He walked directly into the path of a Frontier Airlines Airbus that was hitting takeoff speeds for a flight to Los Angeles. And um yes, it uh it is a little bit alarming. I will say that. I will say that right now it feels a little bit much. I admit it. I admit that. I can admit that. All I'm saying is eventually this will be nothing. This will this will just be like traffic. You know there's traffic on on I 20. It's going to be nothing. It's going to be nothing.
43:41We are going to we're not even going to bat an eye at like this. Oh, another man steps in front of a plane. and he decides that he just can't pick a side. The future is too It's too depressing. It's too unnerving. We don't know what's coming. You're going to have more and more people that walk directly in front of a plane right when it's ready to take off. The airport's motion sensors did go off when he jumped the fence, but the operator on duty looked at the cameras, saw a herd of deer nearby, and figured that was the problem. It's I I know what you're probably thinking. That that feels like that that security officer was was kind of doing really bad at the job. I don't think so. He obviously he obviously saw the man, but he also knows that this is to come. He was briefed a while ago.
44:37It feels jarring only to us. It feels alarming to us because we're on the outside. It feels out of nowhere. It feels a little bit crazy, a little bit insane, but it's that's not what it is. That's not what it is. This isn't somebody that is just being negligent. He saw him. He saw him. He was briefed. Hey, this is uh it's getting this getting a little bit crazy. this whole future Huh? What are you What are you What are you saying? You're saying I'm out of a job? No. No. No. Come calm down. Calm down. You um You have a job still. For now. For now. We'll talk. Give it a few months. But for now, you have a job. I just wanted to let you know that um some some responsibilities are going to be placed on your shoulders.
45:34And I know you can handle it. You've been here for years. You know we love you. We know you. We know we love you, Jim. Jake, what? We know. You know we love you, Jake. You know we love you and you can handle these responsibilities, can't you? Now, it doesn't come with a raise, but because of everything that's happening in the world, people nut jobs, they're probably going to be jumping the fence, okay? And they're not jumping the fence to hurt you. I'm not trying to make you feel worried or anything like that. You're safe. You're completely safe. You're completely safe. Everything's fine. This isn't about you. This isn't about us. Honestly, this is going to be happening all around the world. I'm just letting you know that people are going to be they're going to be jumping the fence.
46:32Probably within the next next couple of weeks, five, six weeks tops, you're going to get somebody that jumps over the fence. And I just want you to look the other way. Just just kind of let it happen, okay? Because they're going to run directly into a plane that is taking off to end their life. It's It's going to happen. And I know you can handle it. Like I said, Jim, Jake, we love you. We love you. And we know you can handle it. You can handle it, right, bud? All right. Put her there. I think this was just a man that was following orders. He knew that this is the future. You can't stop them all. We can't stop all of all of air traffic for every nut job. Most of them are going to they're going to get caught by the fence somehow and they might get nicked.
47:32It's going to make them make them like think about pain and think about life and because of that things are going to start flashing in front of their eyes and they're going to think maybe life is worth living. But sometimes they are going to get through and they're going to stall a plane. But think about it. If we if we stop everything because of one nut job, all the plans get stopped, you know. So, just thinking about our shareholders, thinking about money, we're going to have to let them go through. Okay, Jake. I got it that time. I remembered. We love you and you always have a job here with us for the next six months. So, just let them go by. Let them go by. And sometimes they're going to run into a plane and they're going to die. They're going to die. But either way, if it wasn't if it if it wasn't at our airport, it would be another one. If it wasn't here, it would be in the road.
48:29It would be right on the highway. It's It's one of those things we can't stop. So, let's not It's not our fault. It's not something that that we should pay the price for, right? Right, Jake? We we shouldn't pay the price us. No. No. Not at Denver International Airport. None of the airports should have to pay the price for this. Just look the other way. If anybody says, "Hey, there's motion sensor or whatever." They start bringing up all of these security protocols that we have in place. There were deer. There were deer. Leave it at that. That's all it was. I'm sorry. I thought there were I thought there was just some deer. Some wildlife. It's okay. It's not It's not that big of a deal. I figured that was the problem. While security was watching the wildlife, Michael walked toward the active runway where he was eventually ingested by the plane's engine, which sparked a fire and forced 231 people to evacuate with emergency slides.
49:30It's It's one of those things that is unfortunate. We can't stop We can't stop the entire the entire airport. We can we can refund the tickets to these 231 people. They'll be fine. We did the math. We crunched the numbers. I need you to let him go by. I need you to let him pass. The medical exam examiner has ruled it a suicide. And while no note was found, the security footage shows a guy who knew exactly where he was going. So, let's let's maybe it wasn't so cut and dry. Maybe it wasn't just suicide. Maybe this whole thing is just I don't know orchestrated like fabricated. You never know until you see the footage. So, let's let's look at that. This person is 41year-old Michael Ma.
50:21Maybe he's just drunk. They officials have determined that this person uh took their own life. Take a listen.
50:27The cause of death is multiple blunt and sharp force injuries. The manner of death is suicide.
50:36Hold on. The the the cause of death is not multiple injuries from blunt objects. It's it's a plane, Just say it was a plane. He got hit by a plane. Why did she overco complicate this? Oh, there's multiple blunt injuries that hit that. No, there he got hit by a plane. It was suicide. He stepped in front of the plane there. It's actually cut and dry now that I saw it. He literally just stepped in front. There's not one of those things where you don't see a plane coming. How did he die? He died by plane. What? What? What is this? This is why I already know they just let him go by this. They just let him go by. There was a whole bunch of blunt objects. And if you actually So cause of death isn't just plain. We can't just put plain. We can't just put plain. That feels like it's over complicated for no reason. But who am I? Who am I to to say? It just feels like that would have been easier. Cause of death blank. Partnership with the Denver Police Department. uh fingerprints were confirmed.
51:36So, this person scales this fence. There are now some concerns obviously about the airport's security measures. Uh has has anyone from the Denver airport spoken to to that? And are the security measures there sufficient?
51:47No. No. No. No. First of all, um there there's no concerns. There's no concerns. First of all, there's there's no concerns about the security that's happening at the airport. We're fine. We're fine. We're fine. This isn't a security problem. There was there were deer. You obviously didn't hear that.
52:08Yeah. This was a huge topic of conversation at this press conference this morning. And the Denver CEO talked about the expansive security system. They have layers of security there, including a motion detection system, cameras. And the main issue, what he said happened was that there was a herd of deer right there at the gate nearby to where this person scaled the fence. And so there was a motion detection that went off. The person monitoring it saw it, but the camera was alternating between the deer and the person. And there was also a ditch. The person could be hidden in. So it was sort of this like
52:42Look, it happens. It happens. There's a ditch. There's a ditch. It's not just there's not just a deer. There's not just a deer. So what had happened was there was actually deer that was there. and the deer were they were prancing and they were they were they were just grazing and they were looking at the grass and there was motion sensors around the fence but there was also deers over there. So because of the deer and the prancing that was happening, there was actually also a ditch that was nearby where the person could have been hiding and there was also deers where the the person was more than likely seeing the motion sensors going off from because of and had been. But there was also a ditch where he could have been been at. If there was not deer there, maybe he would have been seen. And either way, there was a ditch. So, it's clear,
53:26You know, a combination of things that led to this person not being seen right away since the camera was trained on these deer that were right there at the fence. That is what allowed this person to sort of undetected climb over so quickly and make their way onto the runway.
53:40You you can't you can't stop this. And that's why you see you see them just just nodding along. Just nodding along. They they they know they're being fed right now. They know they're being fed a bunch of And they're okay with it. They've actually acquired acquired a taste for it. They're used to it. They're used to the taste of In fact, this this tastes a little bit better. Better than it than it usually does. Less bitter. A little better. less bitter, a little better, less bitter They're used to it. They have an acquired taste for it. This is actually a nice blend, a nice a nice a nice uh a blend of because it's not just one of those where it's it's it's super tart. It has it has multiple layers to it. Like she said, multiple layers of security. We got cameras and motion sensors and there's deer and there's ditches and this guy and he was had a had a had a fence and there was some way where he was undetected and the the the cameras were just trained on the deers and the deer and the deer were prancing and they they were just over there and there was a ditch over here and between the ditch and the deer.
54:47If you're thinking about motion, where's the camera going to go? It's trained on the deer and they were prancing. They were just trying to they were trying to find out where the motion was. So, they're just nodding that this feels good. This feels better. This is a nice blend of It's not just so like Yeah. Um there's no way that we were able to see it there. The footage there, we actually have a minute missing. It's the exact minute. It's a problem that we've known to happen. And um it's it's just it it happens that way because the cameras run on a loop. There is a one minute gap where we can't record anything. Unfortunately, this was the one time where this man was able to get over the fence and um they he was able to get in front of the plane. It's just it's one of those things that unfortunately happens and that we will hopefully be able to mitigate and um fix in the uh future. It's not one of those types of You get a nice bl. It's a nice blend to this one. It's got it's it's it's got maybe rosemary rosemary like some there there's there's different flavors and layers to this There are different layers.
55:53So, of course, they're just nodding along. And let's just I I kind of I kind of it's so I'm getting an acquired taste. So let's just hear a little bit more. I want to hear it again. I want to hear it back. Tell me a little bit more of this of this story
56:06Nearby to where this person scaled the fence. And so there was a motion detection that went off. The person monitoring it saw it, but the camera was alternating between the deer and the person. And there was also a ditch the person could be hidden in. So, it was sort of this like, you know, a combination of things that led to this person not being seen right away since the camera was trained on these deer that were right there at the fence. That is what allowed this person to sort of undetected climb over so quickly and make their way onto the runway. Yeah, multiple factors there, Liz. Thank you.
56:39Thank you so much. That that that nice blend. What What was that? Is that Is this a Is this a homemade recipe? Was this was this passed down for generations? This is This is exquisite. I I will be I will be chewing on this for days. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming and illuminating what had happened because the camera was going back and forth between the person and the deer and he also could have been in a ditch and that's why he was hidden. Ma'am, was it was it recording or not? We don't Was it recording? Did they catch the person? So, if if if he didn't see the person, he either didn't see the person or he let the person go. Let's assume he saw the person. He probably saw the person. There's no way he didn't see the person, right? There's no way he didn't see the person. She just said it went back and forth between the person and the deer and the person and the deer.
57:36And then there must have been a ditch that he was stuck in. You don't just say there's a person right there. There's deer. There's a person right there. There's deer. And then there's no person. He must be in a ditch. No. none of these things are. You think he disappeared. There was no person. Poof. It was just a deer. These aren't the type of things that you would believe. This isn't really believable. Okay? This isn't something you'd believe. So, he let the guy go. It's okay. Just say that. Just say that next time. Just say that. Let me save you a lot of time. Death by plane. He let the guy go. That's all you have to do. You don't have to. There's a whole bunch of blunt force trauma to the head. No. He got hit by a plane. He died from suicide. He jumped over the gate. We are not going to interfere. We are not going to lose our money. We are going to refund the 231 people that had to go down the fund slide. And that's what it's going to start being called. It's not going to be called the emergency slide.
58:31This is going to be at least a weekly thing that happens. Maybe even every other day at some point. Maybe daily at some point. I don't know. I don't know how bad it'll get, but it'll be normal. We won't bat an eye. We will look at this as normal. We will be just like the security guard. We're gonna just look the other way. All right. How you doing, Michael? You uh you gonna go kill yourself? Yeah. Yeah. I uh I can't do it anymore. I can't do it. There's monks a robot in South Korea. I can't do it anymore. I understand. I understand, brother. Godspeed. Godspeed. I think uh I think we got one taken off to LA and here in a couple minutes. Okay, we're going to be just like that. It's going to be normal. It's going to be normal. These stories are going to happen. It's going to be the fun slide. Yeah, I actually I took a trip to Tokyo and I didn't get to take the fun slide.
59:36Didn't get to take the fun slide. It sucks. I didn't get to Mommy. Are we going to get to do the fun slide? Well, maybe. God willing, there's going to be some poor bastard out there that just wants it to end. That's just going to say, "Hey, I've had enough. I've had enough. I can't pick a team. I can't pick a side. I can't pick a side. These nut jobs over here, they want to live off of the land and that. I liked my iPhone. I just didn't want it to to keep recording me. I liked my technology that I had. I liked it. I don't want to I don't want to join these hippies that wants to hunt down and lynch AI CEOs. I don't want to do it.
1:00:32I don't want to do it. But I can't I can't be like the monks. I can't be like the monks. I can't be like Frank. Ever since he left Susan, that's all he ever does now is he that robot. He doesn't talk to his kids. He doesn't talk to him. He doesn't talk. They said they said they said Michael was a 41-year-old man. This is this is a man that has he he's lived some life at least. It's not worth it anymore. I remember the good old days is what he's going to say. Frank just left his wife and kids. He doesn't even talk to them. We used to I used to know him. We used to golf. We used to go out. We used to have fun. I knew Frank. Ever since he left Susan, all he ever does is this robot. I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't pick a side. I can't pick a side. I can't pick a side.
1:01:29So, I'mma go to an airline. You can't draw the line. So, you go to an airline. It's okay. It's okay. You're an angel now. You're an angel now. You have your wings now. Rest easy. Rest easy. Do you get to go down the fun slide? It depends, honey. It depends. We get to go down the fun slide. some poor bastard decides he wants to get his wings. It's It's okay. Again, I'm not saying I'm not saying that I endorse this. I'm not saying that that this is something that we should be smiling about. I'm not saying that. I'm just I'm telling you how it is. I'm telling you how it is. We have to We have to accept it.
1:02:25We have to accept it. Maybe not fully. Maybe not fully. But we have to at least accept it a little bit right now. Eventually, and it's coming soon. It's coming soon. I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I hope this I hope this dates really bad. I hope we play it back. I hope we play it back and this dated super wrong. But but I I I think we're going to have to we're going to have to pick a side. So just accept it a little bit for now, but eventually you either join the revolution, you join the hippie movement, you join the Amish, you go out and you forge for berries and you you say to hell with all technology and AI and all of this surveillance. all of it. You go completely off the grid. You either do that or you go and a robot. Which what's it going to be? What's it going to be?
1:03:24I will tell you one thing, there is a guaranteed happy ending on one of those sides.
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