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on from the fun-with-machines dept.
Cy Guy writes "ZDNET had an article on CYE, a personal robot that will vacuum, collect dirty dishes and serve cocktails. " This is exactly what Rob needs-and if it can serve Bushmills or Jamison up, I'll be happy as a clam.
Weren't they doing this back in the 80's?
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konstant
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I could be wrong since I was only a littleun back then, but I strongly recall all sorts of hexagonal men and robodogs that supposedly would serve your drinks (how extremely...odd) and pick up your underwear. What ever happened to those?
It's a sad commentary on the state of AI that we haven't much progressed in 10 years. All we've succeeded in doing is rendering the creatures a little more anthropomorphic in appearance (think Furby), but their base intellect is still that of a dull chimp. The mean processing power has skyrocketed and there are more skilled people in tech than ever before, yet Teddy Ruxpin is more or less still the undisputed champion of artificial brains.
Is AI a dying field? I'm honestly curious. When I took my lone AI course in college, I was dismayed by the dronelike applications of DFS and BFS when I was expecting something a little more exotic. It seemed as though the professors lacked all spark of imagination - incredible when you consider the flare AI has made in the popular mind. And don't get me started on the affection these dodderers had for the sadly inadequate LISP family of languages.
Even this little robot cylinder thing doesn't do more than navigate a path through a virtual field. Nothing most slashdot readers couldn't code in under an hour. What ever happened to breathroughs in AI? Why are the serious researchers leaving it for other fields? Should we forget the dream?
-konstant
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I could be wrong since I was only a littleun back then, but I strongly recall all sorts of hexagonal men and robodogs that supposedly would serve your drinks (how extremely...odd) and pick up your underwear. What ever happened to those?
It's a sad commentary on the state of AI that we haven't much progressed in 10 years. All we've succeeded in doing is rendering the creatures a little more anthropomorphic in appearance (think Furby), but their base intellect is still that of a dull chimp. The mean processing power has skyrocketed and there are more skilled people in tech than ever before, yet Teddy Ruxpin is more or less still the undisputed champion of artificial brains.
Is AI a dying field? I'm honestly curious. When I took my lone AI course in college, I was dismayed by the dronelike applications of DFS and BFS when I was expecting something a little more exotic. It seemed as though the professors lacked all spark of imagination - incredible when you consider the flare AI has made in the popular mind. And don't get me started on the affection these dodderers had for the sadly inadequate LISP family of languages.
Even this little robot cylinder thing doesn't do more than navigate a path through a virtual field. Nothing most slashdot readers couldn't code in under an hour. What ever happened to breathroughs in AI? Why are the serious researchers leaving it for other fields? Should we forget the dream?
-konstant
-konstant
Yes! We are all individuals! I'm not!