reaching a weird new conclusion that most sci fi with humanoid robot companions is entirely ridiculous given the righteous and wholesale thirst the human species has to commit gleeful violence upon them them immediately

The only movie that recognized this was AI by Spielberg which I mostly loathed

never really thought much about the adoption period in these scenarios because most of the framings presumes it’s been navigated without mentioning it and the robots are weirdly cute or empathetic but now I’m pretty certain this is an impossible barrier

Instantly I think of "All the Traps of Earth."

Saw Rod Serling's “You Can’t Get Help Like That Anymore” when I was too young to be watching 'Night Gallery' and I have apologized out loud to abused machinery ever since.

In 80’s wrote short story where Glauchowsers were humanoid robots Designed to expect and endure human violence. Mostly used in the sevice industry.

Conversely, we humanize roombas immediately, perhaps the shape-based bots really are the way to go, plus storage efficiency for when they have to stack in the back of the bus.

Unless it's a punishable crime tantamount to murder like in Ergo Proxy

I like that they portray this a little in Blade Runner 2049 including having a slur for him.

I've always assumed that if we got very human-looking robots whose behavior mimicked that of humans in a substantial way, a very significant portion of the population would react with, "Finally, something we can beat with no one giving us shit about it."

most sci-fi don't have their creators be the most insufferable human beings on the planet