Tuesday, December 11, 2007

DESTROY ALL ROBOTS!

What is it with the Japanese and robots?

Toyota last week showed off a 5-foot-tall robot that can play the violin. (Just not very well.)

Could this be the beginning of the end of the human race?

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  1. Could this be the beginning of the end of the human race?

    Nahhhh... They'll just replace a few human violinists. :P

    Now, just wait until the Singularity!

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  2. Could this be the beginning of the end of the human race?

    This sounds like a job for Bob Larson.

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  3. You know, for all its deficiencies, it's got pretty good vibrato.

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  4. IT MUST BE DESTROYED!!

    Seriously, Honda also unveiled a pair of humanoid robots recently that work in tandem serving drinks... link's not handy...

    It seems the Japanese have made a national cognitive/industrial committment to devoloping humanoid robots, in part to serve household functions, so they say.

    I mean, they'd rather go through all that effort and expense than let in a million Filipino immigrants.

    Different strokes for different folks, I guess...

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