Here's the link to the about the DARPA contest (the self-driving vehicles):
Stanford won it.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jan 04, 2006 9:18:54 am PST #7292 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2006 9:19:41 am PST #7293 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But not as much as the robo-raptors, which I would like to purchase and pit against the Roomba in battle
They'll team up and turn on you. iiiViva la robolucione!!!
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 9:19:56 am PST #7294 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
MIT has those skittery buglike robots. And the little round ones that can distinguish between "self" and "other" and learn from the others.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 9:21:17 am PST #7295 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't make the picture enlarge, but #49 looks like something that would kill me in my sleep. Fuzzy != cute!
[eta: Oh, I see -- you just have to click the thumbnail and scroll down.]
Gudanov - Jan 04, 2006 9:21:58 am PST #7296 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 9:23:00 am PST #7297 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here's the story about the self-aware robots.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 9:25:14 am PST #7298 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Leonardo's a gremlin! Whose bright idea was that?
So much reading to do!
Do you guys require your AI to look human? I don't think I need a face. In fact, a face is pushing the uncanny valley territory. Speak English, sure. Indicate moods, etc, but faces is nothing I need right now.
My sister and I got each other the same thing for Christmas.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2006 9:27:48 am PST #7299 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think I need a face. In fact, a face is pushing the uncanny valley territory. Speak English, sure. Indicate moods, etc, but faces is nothing I need right now.
Yeah, I don't really want human faces on my robots. I want communication skills sans uncanny valley. Robots should look like Bender, and intelligent computers should look like HAL.
le nubian - Jan 04, 2006 9:29:32 am PST #7300 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I saw Letterman's clip. Too bad there were O'Reilly fans in the audience. O'Reilly has to be one of the main media people I absolutely cannot stand. I also can't stand that damn woman on CNN Headline News who is in love with her own image.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 9:29:36 am PST #7301 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want a robot that's a big rolling ball that has doors that flip open and task appropriate arms come out. Or legs, to navigate tricky terrain. And it can have speakers, and its whole surface will be e-paper.
I don't know what I want it to do yet, but I suspect there's no rush.