I'm not saying it's shit, I'm just pointing out that it's not what it looks like to the casual observer. I'm definitely not saying that they shouldn't do this, just pointing out that making it lifelike isn't actually going to make it more of a robot, but it might change how people react to it, which is exactly what they want to find out.
Also, where do you get the idea that I have some final destination in mind? Should we even build robots that look lifelike? I don't think the details of the exterior are that important, hence my criticism.
But speaking of the future with advanced robots, I think it would be very useful to build robots that can control themselves reliably in order to perform complicated tasks, since then we could use them for all kinds of dangerous jobs and save a lot of lives, or even to take over almost all human labor, and give almost everybody a life of leisure. But that would require a radical remodelling of the economy, or else the rich people would literally own the labor force. Bad things might happen otherwise. (The story is a bit cheesy, but does explain the kinds of things I worry about.) We'd probably need a kind of "Robo-Communism", in which the fruits of the labor of the nonsentient robots (who do all the work that doesn't strictly require a conscious mind) are shared by everyone, and not owned by the rich, which would leave the non-rich to starve without jobs.
But thanks for calling me a small-minded asshole, I needed that.
This robot is really just an animatronic device, like they have at Disneyland (or so I hear). It's controlled by someone behind the scenes using a computer. The purpose is to study how people interact with it, knowing that it's not real. The interesting thing about regular robots is that they're supposed to control themselves, and research concentrates not just on designing new kinds of sensors and actuators (limbs) and body plans, but especially the software to control them.
Still, it looks very impressive, but I'm not sure how this progresses the development of sensors, actuators, or control software. It seems more like a sophisticated crafts project to me. Are the researchers also going to have test subjects interact with a non-realistic human-shaped robot to see how they react to it, to compare with the realistic looking one?
Biometrics scare me for the same reason: they're basically a unique id permanently affixed to the body, only this time it's a naturally occurring one, instead of an artificially applied one.
No, as conventional Intelligent Design utterly fails to prove the existence of any Designer, or where this hypothetical Designer comes from.
If he succeeds, the most he'll prove (from the ID perspective) is that it is possible to intelligently design life. Probably not even that, since he'll just implement evolution in his simulation.
Yeah, I remember having problems getting sound on a brand name computer from 2000 with an old integrated sound chip. With Linux 2.4, the sound worked. With Linux 2.6, apparently the driver broke and was never fixed.
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In fact, forget about the hooker and blackjack!
Yes, Bender is exactly who I had in mind. He's a real character, and has never made anyone's life easier, and you know it!
I'm not saying it's shit, I'm just pointing out that it's not what it looks like to the casual observer. I'm definitely not saying that they shouldn't do this, just pointing out that making it lifelike isn't actually going to make it more of a robot, but it might change how people react to it, which is exactly what they want to find out.
Also, where do you get the idea that I have some final destination in mind? Should we even build robots that look lifelike? I don't think the details of the exterior are that important, hence my criticism.
But speaking of the future with advanced robots, I think it would be very useful to build robots that can control themselves reliably in order to perform complicated tasks, since then we could use them for all kinds of dangerous jobs and save a lot of lives, or even to take over almost all human labor, and give almost everybody a life of leisure. But that would require a radical remodelling of the economy, or else the rich people would literally own the labor force. Bad things might happen otherwise. (The story is a bit cheesy, but does explain the kinds of things I worry about.) We'd probably need a kind of "Robo-Communism", in which the fruits of the labor of the nonsentient robots (who do all the work that doesn't strictly require a conscious mind) are shared by everyone, and not owned by the rich, which would leave the non-rich to starve without jobs.
But thanks for calling me a small-minded asshole, I needed that.
I thought the wormholes were supposed to be in the centre of the gas giants?
This robot is really just an animatronic device, like they have at Disneyland (or so I hear). It's controlled by someone behind the scenes using a computer. The purpose is to study how people interact with it, knowing that it's not real. The interesting thing about regular robots is that they're supposed to control themselves, and research concentrates not just on designing new kinds of sensors and actuators (limbs) and body plans, but especially the software to control them.
Still, it looks very impressive, but I'm not sure how this progresses the development of sensors, actuators, or control software. It seems more like a sophisticated crafts project to me. Are the researchers also going to have test subjects interact with a non-realistic human-shaped robot to see how they react to it, to compare with the realistic looking one?
You don't even need to reinstall, just get the kubuntu-desktop meta-package.
Biometrics scare me for the same reason: they're basically a unique id permanently affixed to the body, only this time it's a naturally occurring one, instead of an artificially applied one.
No, as conventional Intelligent Design utterly fails to prove the existence of any Designer, or where this hypothetical Designer comes from.
If he succeeds, the most he'll prove (from the ID perspective) is that it is possible to intelligently design life. Probably not even that, since he'll just implement evolution in his simulation.
I call it a squirrel.
What about iTunes? That's basically Apple Computer selling music, Apple Records's market segment.
(Yes, I know, they have an agreement in place.)
Linux was Intelligently Designed.
I guess you just can't ignore the law of unintended consequences...
It's called an MC-RW device.
No, but it is terribly expensive to get it into orbit.
Of course, it'll also be terribly expensive to slow this asteroid down...
Yes, but because all the mainstream media are owned by the corporations of the status quo, it will not be televized.
Yeah, I remember having problems getting sound on a brand name computer from 2000 with an old integrated sound chip. With Linux 2.4, the sound worked. With Linux 2.6, apparently the driver broke and was never fixed.
Also, the third book of Stephen Baxter's Mammoth omnibus.
Yeah, but then you need an accurate calendar, which we haven't had for that long yet.
The other ship would never let that happen, not even when it is Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall.
I wouldn't mind living on in a VR environment, as long as it's not a hell...
That's why the subject of this thread includes the phrase "trusted source"...
No, just a holographic projection of one.
It gets better after the first volume.
That is highly illogical.
"Correlation is so highly correlated to causation that we're forced to conclude that correlations cause causation."
Still cracks me up. Probably caused by^W^W^WHighly correlated with reading hundreds of threads like this on Slashdot...