Robots, Robots, Robots · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday November 27, 2001 @10:07PM from the learning-from-our-machine-masters dept.

destructor writes: "It looks as though robots can answer the questions of life and capitalism through robotic soccer simulations. I found this article over at megarad.com that tells us about Dr. Balch's experiments with soccer robots [NYT, free reg, blah blah]. For now, it is purely a computer simulation, but I guess it will be turned into a physical environment rather soon." Additionally Shabazz writes: "The SF Weekly has a story about a band called 'Captured! by Robots' that started by Jay Vance (who some may recognize from Skankin' Pickle) and several robots that he created. The band is a bit out there, but something that any true geek can appreciate. Maybe this is the start of something great!" Additionally Phred noted that the Oregon Robotics Tournament being held this Saturday (December 1).

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Yes, if your are a ROBOT, socialism worls by greggman · 2001-11-27 22:28 · Score: -1, Flamebait

On the other hand, if you are an individual, socialism DOES NOT WORK. ROBOTS to not envy, they do not get jealous, they do not each have different needs in life or different problems, they do not turn into bad robots or steal or rob or murder. People do. No amount of group rewarding will change that which is WHY captialism works.