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Robot Makers Say World Cup Will Be Theirs By 2050
mindpixel writes "The Scotsman is reporting that the Japanese are very confident they can build a robotic team that will win the World Cup by 2050 using a descendent of the 38cm tall VisiON which operates completely independently of human input, making its own decisions based on information that it perceives with its 360 degree vision, and is able to recognise the football, approach it and deliver a hefty kick. It is also able to identify an opponent and shield the ball in much the same way as a human player does."
Yet another product release by the Snake Oil corporation otherwise known as AI.
Content-free statements like the 2050 press release is what gives AI a bad name. Serious AI researchers would be well advised to ostracized people who make such half hazardly statements, yet they seem to embrace them: the overly (and misguidedly) ambitious robot soccer competition is part of the main conference in the field (IJCAI).
I'm sorry, but the "3 rules of robotics" are just some do-gooder blabbing that no one cares about the slightest.
In fact, military purposes are one of key fields for robots.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
People dont seem to GET the challenges of AI, hell, getting a freakign robot to WALK took us DECADES. Now they want them to play soccer? This is flying cars all over again.
Well I disagree with you on that one. Robotic soldiers would result in more death, not less. Robotic soldiers would allow rich countries to wage war much more freely, as there would be no body bags coming home, and much less public resistance towards the war. This would result in more wars, with more civilian casulties, all be it fewer deaths of invading soldiers since they would mostly be robotic.
Now they want them to play soccer? This is flying cars all over again.
Psst... they already do play soccer:
http://www.robocup.org/02.html