alt Hacker News>China drafts lifetime ID codes for every robot it makes, not just humanoids
How's that different to serial numbers, which most devices have, everywhere?
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sand500 • today at 8:34 AM
Just give everything it's own personal IPv6 address?
>China drafts lifetime ID codes for every robot it makes, not just humanoids
How's that different to serial numbers, which most devices have, everywhere?
Just give everything it's own personal IPv6 address?
That it's centralized, while serial numbers are not (you could easily have two manufacturers that use the same numbering scheme and find yourself with two different appliances from two different manufacturers with the same serial number).
This is more akin to VINs for vehicles. EDIT: and not even that is an accurate comparison.