Who generally know nothing of the evolution of consciousness, instinct, the cortex, desire or care.

They are intent on mimicking what they have not plumbed.

And, as the story “Forbidden Planet” warned half a century ago, they will unwittingly release monsters from the id. (Empowered by the highest and most devasatating power that our technology and science have achieved. Self-replicating, unified by wireless whispers, and abysmally non-human.)

Unaware what that even signifies until it will be too late.

I’ll always go for the Cherry2000. Nothing else comes close. When I get mine, I’ll cry like a baby, an angry, hungry baby…

TBinSTL on April 18, 2007 at 1:16 AM

LoL. I wonder how many people here are old enough to recollect the Cherry2000.

Video also subtitled:

“Stop waving your stick around and just GIVE ME THE DAMNED BALL, jerk!”

I’m thinking, personally, that when you’re building and training an AI, perhaps “taunting” needs to be considered carefully.

I want to know when will they work that arm into a harness with a neural interface so amputees can lead a more normal life (as long as they dont have an itch down below, that hook finger looks dangerouse)

dammit!

http://www.realdoll.com

ej_pez on April 18, 2007 at 8:20 AM

This is just too damn creepy.

When it wasn’t throwing a temper tantrum, that is.

What I found fascinating was that it didn’t look all that different from a baby learning to do the same. Just give it time to grow up.

taznar on April 18, 2007 at 9:29 AM

Heh. I read this quickly and thought it said “Just give it time to throw up.” Well, that’s what babies (and drunk people) do, right?

Why temp the machines by teaching them to grab you by the balls?

Judging by the color, I think they were teaching it to grab Kermit by the balls. The target market for this model must be French chefs.

It’s nice to know that MIT is geared in the right direction though. It was kinda flat, though. They should work on that too.

The robot did what it was designed to do: track a yellow ball and attempt to grab it.

What I found fascinating was that it didn’t look all that different from a baby learning to do the same. Just give it time to grow up.

I need to rest now, anybody seen my tinfoil?

But then I realized they had done something amazing, because everyone looks at me that way.

I don’t want to hear the jibber jabber. I want my fembot and I want it now.

Allahpundit on April 17, 2007 at 11:17 PM

With machine gun jumblies or are you going to engage in unspeakable acts with it?

Something tells me AP sits around watching re-runs of the Bionic Woman.

http://www.realdoll.com

I don’t want to hear the jibber jabber. I want my fembot and I want it now.

Allahpundit on April 17, 2007 at 11:17 PM

I am afraid you will have to settle for this for now, Allah. Unless, of course, you already have one….or two…or

Besides, that’s clearly an olive on the stick. He’d just been slowed down by the preceding martinis.