On the other hand they're also demonstrating the hardware, and in that case being remote controlled is irrelevant. Picking up chinaware without breaking it isn't such a trivial thing.
It was demonstrated that with proper software it can learn and generalise movements. That's a huge achievement, and we could argue that can be called quasi autonomous. (Well, for decision making we can use classical AI techinques like expert systems.)
Of course, there are those that say that my way of thinking will kill journalism / music / whatever, but I'll pay as soon as there is significant incentive to (ie. if they actually start dying off).
And if you don't pay for porn movies, they won't be made, because without financial incentive people won't have sex and humanity dies out.
Remember that Canonical isn't making profit.
From :
"In a Guardian interview in May 2008, Mark Shuttleworth said that the Canonical business model was service provision and explained that Canonical was not yet close to profitability. Canonical also claimed it will wait for the business to turn into a profitable one within another 3 to 5 years. He regarded Canonical as positioning itself as demand for services related to Free Software rose.[18] This strategy has been compared to Red Hat's business strategies in the 1990s.[19]."
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Basically all native American civilisation. Well, actually for the land, but they are equivalent at the end of the day.
5 billion years later the sun will be a red giant, and will consume Earth, so you will actually get to much light.
Pleasing the gamers means producing good games, avoiding exactly what you described in the process.
Captain Obvious is obvious.
On the other hand they're also demonstrating the hardware, and in that case being remote controlled is irrelevant. Picking up chinaware without breaking it isn't such a trivial thing.
It was demonstrated that with proper software it can learn and generalise movements. That's a huge achievement, and we could argue that can be called quasi autonomous. (Well, for decision making we can use classical AI techinques like expert systems.)
I've already let Jesus Christ in my heart, and now the nanorobots?
Adaptability to new hardware?
Linux driver support sucks, mostly because the lack of intrest from manufacturers. XP driver support is declining. So I don't see that happening.
The worst of this is that they're still very far from 1.0 and XP is already obsolete.
And it works like morse code: short, short, short, long, long, long, short, short, short
Of course, there are those that say that my way of thinking will kill journalism / music / whatever, but I'll pay as soon as there is significant incentive to (ie. if they actually start dying off).
And if you don't pay for porn movies, they won't be made, because without financial incentive people won't have sex and humanity dies out.
Remember that Canonical isn't making profit. From :
"In a Guardian interview in May 2008, Mark Shuttleworth said that the Canonical business model was service provision and explained that Canonical was not yet close to profitability. Canonical also claimed it will wait for the business to turn into a profitable one within another 3 to 5 years. He regarded Canonical as positioning itself as demand for services related to Free Software rose.[18] This strategy has been compared to Red Hat's business strategies in the 1990s.[19]."