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WATCH: A TikTok Influencer Fought a Robot in an Octagon. It Did Not Go Well.

TikToker Frankie LaPenna faced a human-controlled robot in a promotional fight and a kick sent him flying across the octagon.

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Who knows where the future’s headed, but with AI suddenly rising to prominence, we may be on the brink of destroying everything. Or maybe things have just gotten so bleak that news of an AI apocalypse is actually good financial news. I don’t know where any of this is heading, but in the meantime, at least we can watch influencers flail about as they attempt to beat up robots.

TMZ recently reported on a spectacle in San Francisco billed as the world’s first human-versus-robot fight. The match featured TikTok personality Frankie LaPenna, who is, as far as I’m........

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