<div>Another story in the news is:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/20/14979620/jeff-bezos-robot-method-2-ma… color="#000000">http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/20/14979620/jeff-bezos-robot-method-2-ma… class="c-page-title"><font size="2">Jeff Bezos looks a little too happy piloting a giant mechanical robot</font></h1><div class="c-page-title">by
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<a href="http://www.theverge.com/users/James%20Vincent"><font color="#0066cc">James Vincent</font></a></span></div><div class="c-page-title"><span class="c-byline__item"><span class="c-byline__item"><br /></span></span></div><div class="c-page-title"><span class="c-byline__item"><span class="c-byline__item"><p id="ZogVEA">Add this to the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/22/11087890/mark-zuckerberg-mwc-picture-… color="#0066cc">growing pile of evidence</font></a> the world is slowly transitioning into a sci-fi dystopia: a billionaire entrepreneur with a sideline in building <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/7/14841128/blue-origin-ocean-landing-roc… color="#0066cc">space rockets</font></a> has been showing off by piloting a 13-foot-tall robot. </p>
<p id="lHnhj8">Amazon CEO and fifth richest person in the world Jeff
Bezos got behind the wheel (well, dual joysticks) of the bot at the
retailing giant’s annual robotics conference. He tweeted out the picture
above <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/843692770405617664"><font color="#0066cc">earlier this morning</font></a>
saying, “I just got to pilot an awesome (and huge) robot thanks to
Hankook Mirae Technology.” Other attendees videoed the event, and Bezos
can be seen waving around the robot’s arms and asking: “Why do I feel so
much like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSrcMaid0mg"><font color="#0066cc">Sigourney Weaver</font></a>?” Reports that he then told the crowd to “bow down before your new king and master, Metal Jeff” are unsubstantiated. </p></span></span></div></div>
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