- What's the minimum wage
for a robot in the state of California?
- We've never really looked into it, but I'm sure we could.
- Now, what if the robots unionized?
How would that make you feel as a human?
(groans)
(intense music)
- [Judah Voiceover] I'm Judah Friedlander,
and I'm challenging the world's
top artificial intelligence robots for the sake of humanity.
This is Judah vs the Machines.
You know when you're at a hotel,
and you're in your room,
and you realize you forgot somethin'.
You call down to the lobby, and then,
a full-grown adult like walks up there
and delivers you the toothpaste and you feel really awkward?
Well, now they have a robot named Relay
who does all that stuff,
and today, I'm gonna challenge Relay, and I'm gonna win.
Focus.
Game plan, strategy.
- [Judah Voiceover] Only a handful of these
robotic bellhops exist in the wild.
- Intestinal fortitude.
- [Judah Voiceover] I traveled deep into Silicon Valley
to challenge this one.
(whooshing)
(energetic music)
- [Judah] I'm looking for Relay.
- [Desk Clerk] Relay? Relay is right there.
♫ There's a new boy in the neighborhood
♫ I'd like to meet him
- So can I...
- Absolutely.
- He seems friendly.
- He is, he is quite friendly.
So we put any room that the guest is in, we load it.
We can actually put a bigger item in there.
- Put a little dog in there.
- That's possible.
Then all you do is push go and he's on the way.
- Relay, wait up, man.
- [Judah Voiceover] As a defender of humanity,
I've challenged a lot of robots.
But none as adorable as little Relay.
(whirring)
- In the elevator, when there's no wifi,
he switches to cell phone service.
- How many minutes a month does he get?
- He's just smart enough to get around,
so basically his rule is
stay on flat surfaces and don't bump into things.
- [Judah Voiceover] I met this guy, Steve, who created Relay
just to make sure he wasn't developing a robot
that could host a humorous web series about robots.
- I don't know if you've ever seen a resume
where somebody says,
"I can walk down the hall all by myself
"without bumping into the walls."
- Yeah.
- Nobody writes that on their resume, right?
That's what this robot does--
- Well, let's not say nobody.
- Yeah.
- Does it have a map of the hotel--
- It does.
- Floor plan embedded in it.
- It makes its own map.
Basically, it looks out in 3D at the world.
We drive it around the hotel.
It's building its own map, and then once it has a map,
it's gonna plan its path.
- And it remembers it?
- And it remembers it, yeah.
- And what kinda AI technology is that?
Is that new, is it old?
- Essentially search technology,
that's probably 20 or 30 year old.
Search technology, optimized with stochastic algorithm.
So, a little bit probabilistic--
- What kind of algorithm?
- Stochastic, so, probabilistic algorithms.
It's like, I'm just gonna try a whole bunch of things,
and I'll see which one gets me close,
and then I'll pick the one that works the best.
- Very cool.
(intense music)
He doesn't get paid or anything?
- No, they hire him.
Yeah, you hire him.
- I talked to them, they said they don't pay him,
that he has no salary.
- Really?
- Yeah.
So you get paid?
- I get paid, yeah.
- Wow.
- [Judah Voiceover] I couldn't believe they were exploiting
little Relay like that, and I was starting to feel bad
for that little dude.
But it was my duty to kick his ass.
- Alright, Judah, you ready for a little bit of a challenge?
- Yeah.
- Well, we've set up deliveries to three guests
for both you and Relay.
Each guest will rank you on a five star system.
Whoever gets the most stars wins.
- Good luck, Relay.
(whirring)
- You know you have to wear the required uniform.
- Uniform?
(suspenseful music)
(clinking)
(whirring)
(intense music)
(knocking) (ringing)
- Oh, well, hello.
- Hi, I got the crackers and cheese and fruit
that you ordered.
- Yeah, that's my order.
All set.
I'd say five stars.
(thudding)
(whirring)
Yay.
- Yep, it's all there, it's got seven crackers,
seven grapes, and three strawberries, and
two, three, four,
six slices of cheese.
(intense music)
- Hi. - Hi.
- You ordered two tulips?
- Yeah.
Oh, hey. (ringing)
(whirring) You're welcome.
Catch you later.
- If you wanna leave a tip or anything, let me know.
- Um...
Sorry, buddy, I don't have anything on me.
- Okay.
(knocking)
- Hello?
(whirring)
- You ordered stuff.
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna be able to take it in here for ya.
- Yeah.
(crashing) - Whoa!
- Uh, this one broke. - Yeah.
- Five stars. - Five stars.
- This is so you can rate me and your service.
Oh, you gotta fill that out.
No, that's another note.
There you go, you can just give it back to me later.
- [Man] Cool.
- Thank you.
- We got some results.
- From?
- From all the guests.
- Oh, okay.
- On the first guest,
for Relay, five stars,
and the guest commented, "Great."
- Okay, as expected.
Good job, Relay.
(whirring) - Same guest,
for Judah,
- Mmm-hmm
- [Desk Clerk] three stars.
The guest commented, "Touched cheese."
- Hmmm, I was just counting the cheese
to make sure he had the correct amount of cheese, so.
- And for guest number two, for Relay, five stars.
- Again.
- And the guest commented, "So cute," with a little heart.
For Judah, one, no, half star.
Guest commented, "Left us barefoot in room
"full of broken glass."
- Thank you.
- The final guest,
for Relay, four stars.
- Oh, so you so slipped.
- And for Judah, today, three stars,
but the guest commented, "Unkempt man."
- It's your uniform that you put on me.
(gong music)
The glass broke, I said I was gonna
have someone clean it up.
- What about the cheese? - Gave them what they needed.
You touched the cheese.
- Well, today, I lost.
Sorry to let you down humans,
but hey man, if I'm gonna lose to a robot,
I think Relay, I think he earned it man.
Hey Relay!
Get over here man!
You're a good dude.
You know what, let's just be free man,
you and me.
I want Relay to become the Relay that
you've always dreamed of being.
Even though you've never had a dream before.
Anything you need, just say the word okay buddy?
No no, don't go back.
Relay, don't go back Relay!
No!
Relay!
(intense music)