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The Smithsonian's New Tour Guide Is a Robot (cnet.com)
Last week, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, revealed its new employee -- an interactive robot named Pepper. According to Softbank, the company that created the 4-foot-tall humanoid robot, Pepper will help guide museum visitors through the museum and provide insight on different exhibits. CNET reports: Pepper is programmed to answer commonly asked questions and tell stories. The robot can react and make gestures, and is equipped with an interactive touch screen. To entertain museum visitors, Pepper often dances and poses for selfies, which will undoubtably attract a crowd. In each of the different museum branches, the Pepper robots perform different docent duties. For example, at the National Museum of African Art, Pepper can translate phrases in the Kiswahili (Swahili) language. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Pepper robots guide visitors to the Rosa Parks VR experience. Pepper robots are also programmed to teach visiting students coding and software engineering in the Smithsonian's teen educational space ARTLAB+.
I gotta know right now! Before we go any further, robot, do you love me?
"Robot, can you shut up for a minute?"
".... no. I can't. Anyway, this next display has a fascinating history..."
You are missing the point completely. As the TV series "Covert Affairs" accidentally leaked, Smithsonian is a front for CIA and everybody knows CIA is a front for aliens.
And I mean, look at that robot. The aliens will be real employees. This is just getting people ready to accept it. :)
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
A fucking ipad on wheels. Top roboting there Softbank.
Translate swahili? In America? Must be fucking overwhelmed with requests.
Direct people to Rosa Parks VR? There's a Rosa Parks VR? Surely getting people to sit on an actual fucking bus would be a better exhibit.
As for dancing and posing for selfies, does it include a remote destruct feature? Lets get the people posing with it at the same time, boost human IQ in one easy press of a button.
In really wanted to mod this up, but the OP posted as AC. If you have something good to say, put your name on it. If you don't have something good to say, then don't say anything until you have something worth saying. It really is that simple.
In this case the OP really had a good point. I regret that I was not able to apply mod points to a person rather than an AC.
First I thought they might actually make a Button Gwinnett bot... Then I opened the article and thought "Fcuk me, that's not creepy looking at all, definately wont scare small kids". Worse yet they're trying to give it a cutsie name like Pepper.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
when the tourists are robots -- that will be real news!
For example, at the National Museum of African Art, Pepper can translate phrases in the Kiswahili (Swahili) language. At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Pepper robots guide visitors to the Rosa Parks VR experience.
We have a National Museum of African Art AND a National Museum of African American History and Culture?
Ken
see what its response is to "Pepper, klaatu barada nikto."
When someone says, "Any fool can see
Strictly speaking, employees are objects. Employees are a subset of humans, and humans are a subset of objects. In fact, many of the problems with employers come from failing to understand that employees are objects. A sensible employer wouldn't drive a drill press far outside of its safe operating specifications or attempt to use a drill press to perform sales, but they will make an employee work themselves to the bone and work any position, because they fail to realize that humans, like any objects, have limitations.
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The technology exists such that at a given room location, your cell phone can offer the same verbal and optical solution. And with an inexpensive cardboard VR viewer, one can view the Smithsonian, or any other museum without going to it. But nothing is ever as good as going there and seeing it for yourself.
It's not even remotely intelligent or helpful.
Where is the bathroom? Where is the gift shop? Where is the cafeteria? How do I find out which room a patient is?
All questions which led to the default "I'm sorry, please choose an option from my chest so I can help you".
I seriously don't know how this company hooks places to put this thing in!
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