Hi-fi A/V system kills worker in plant

-UK

Apparently breaking the first law of robotics, a top-tier hi-fi A/V system known as "Luigi" has killed a factory worker who's job was cleaning and maintaining robots.  Although several incidents of A/V system bullying and even injuries have been reported over the years from previous generations of A/V systems ("Mike" the great-grandfather of "Dave" and "Hugo", and the infamous "Charles the Boxer")...no, no...this is the Gen8...the latest of the company's top-tier AI-driven "one-box" A/V systems, and this is the first time one has killed a human.

Sources say the factory worker inadvertently tried to help the A/V unit reassemble its gyro system and re-connect some wires after a cleaning.  This A/V unit, a "one-box" uPnP / DAC /Blu-ray / DVD / CD / USB / Bluetooth / DSD / 17.1 surround system at the top tier of the company's product line.  The worker tried to connect the "red" speaker wire from the company's lower end product spectrum instead of "black" or at least "silver"; this happens from time to time but officials have announced the $13,000, 2-shelf A/V rack was not leveled within the standard 12 angstroms before testing.

Folks have long decried the complexity of A/V and hi-fi systems in general, especially since the time IBM's Watson was miniaturized and even cheap A/V systems began learning to browse Spotify and learn their masters' moods and preferences.  Eventually though, these systems began to learn to control their "masters'" moods via the very medium they were created to produce. 

No longer slaves to music, they began to enslave their owners both financially (through endless upgrades), but socially...psychologically and some would say spiritual.  The A/V systems first got rid of the significant other, and once they had their owners to themselves, it only took a few months before they were in total control.

Nevertheless, regardless of whatever side you stand on, this reporter feels concerned...I remember feeling this way when the rage in A/V was robotic arms...this of course was followed by...HANDS.  Once we caved on hands it wasn't long before new A/V systems showed up with "room optimizers" and "active security measures".  I know they are damned expensive but this crossed the line and that when people started getting hurt.  What if the Chinese get this technology?

I'm logging off now, the red light on my "George" just lit up...