An old friend's brother visiting Beijing chanced upon a bot delivering food to a room in his 4-star hotel, so he made a recording of it on his mobile phone, following it travelling down the corridor, waiting for the lift, getting into the lift (and he with it), emerging on a particular floor (and he with it), and turning right down the corridor.
As he started to follow this bot, another (different looking) bot appeared on the left, making its way to somewhere, catching the attention of my friend's brother (and his mobile phone).
A moment of wavering as he wondered whether to keep on tracking the first bot, or to start following the second one. The camera reflects this, as it pans between the two bots -- the first one disappearing down the corridor, and the second one coming into view (maybe to catch the lift he'd just stepped out of with the first bot).
I texted my reaction to the video:
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I just had to chuckle at the camera being distracted by the appearance of a second bot and in two minds at one point whether to follow the new one or not. Hahaha.
I immediately had this picture of a man walking along with woman X (maybe his wife, maybe girlfriend), and having his head turned by another woman…
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(Beijing, China, 2026)
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