During moments of stringent prohibition imposed in the country because to the Corona virus, videos showed robotic dogs strolling around the human-free streets of Shanghai, China, screaming at inhabitants to stay in their homes and howling with safety warnings over a loudspeaker put on the backs of robots. The robots are fashioned after ‘Spot,’ a four-legged robot produced by Boston Dynamics, and are comparable to ‘AlphaDogs,’ Chinese-made robot dogs that utilize artificial intelligence to’see’ and ‘hear.’ After purchasing the robot dog, it appears that the local government’s budget was limited, as they had to use masking tape to attach the...