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78-YEAR-OLD PROFESSOR DECLARES WAR ON DELIVERY ROBOT — GETS ARRESTED, VOWS TO CONTINUE

By Zimbo · October 19, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: an elderly professor stands arms-out on a sidewalk, physically blocking a small delivery robot carrying a takeout bag marked DELIVERY — a one-woman barricade against robots taking human jobs.
Carolyn Marvin, 78, a retired University of Pennsylvania professor, was arrested in Philadelphia after planting herself in front of an Uber Eats delivery robot she says is taking human jobs — and she vows to keep blocking them.Zimbo for AI News Page

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