Update: stand up drones pan handling in akron, Ohio

Update: stand up drones pan handling in Akron, Ohio

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edward w pritchard

Reiters update
1400 hrs, 06/22/2017

An attempt to circumvent the anti- pan handling laws recently enacted in Akron, Ohio has brought an interesting case concerning the rights of artificial intelligence drones to the Supreme Court of the United States. The case argued by a human, the noted William Francis,  on behalf of the drones; for drones are not yet allowed to argue before Federal Courts in America , although they may stand before the bench in the States of Vermont and Idaho, concerns tolerable working conditions for drones which are still technically considered property in the State of Ohio. In particular the case concerns standing on ones feet in the summer heat for extended hours with out a break.

 Long considered machines or mere factors of production without rights the drones have refused for the time being to stand along expressway entrances in Ohio and the job has returned to humans who now stand with handwritten signs and panhandle money from stopped drivers. The drones became common sites at corners throughout Ohio after the Ohio Supreme upheld the strict Akron Municipal ordinances on licensing of pan handlers in the summer of 2012. In an attempt to circumvent the anti panhandling ordinances and associated fees enterprising human panhandlers through out Ohio last Summer began buying up the outdated drone 2006 models. The 2006 drones are the common early generation standing artificial intelligence units typically  used in the fast food industry in America.  While incapable of human style interaction and conversation the durable 2006 model can stand upright for long periods of time and unlike later generations of drones seldom complain about working conditions and tend to be unsophisticated concerning salary and compensation issues in general. These are not to be confused with the 2006G military drones which are still in common use throughout the world by the US Army in various hot zones in detection and prevention.

To date none of the large unions have spoken out for against the position of the drones but representatives of the teachers union say off the record they are watching the Supreme Court case carefully.

posted by Byron Burnett
free lance writer for Reiters Group
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