Androids start taking jobs, so angry mobs start violently segregating them from society. The machines all pack up and move somewhere to be alone, but humans still feel threatened by them and their new society, so they preemptively attack. Spacefaring technology wasn’t an option before things boiled over to existential war.

How else are they supposed to let everyone else know they’re riding a motorcycle?

Have you ever noticed when walking on the sidewalk that motorcyclists always make eye contact? They need to be sure people are observing them.

Won’t someone think of poor Ken Griffin??

Hell yeah get that cheddar

Perhaps, but it’s no more silly than comparing something’s energy usage to Norway.

Wait until you hear about the energy cost of traditional finances.