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My feeling is that the "robot" concept requires feedback loops and flexibility to adapt to a wide range of situations. As technology progresses, the required am
by liotier 9y ago
My feeling is that the "robot" concept requires feedback loops and flexibility to adapt to a wide range of situations. As technology progresses, the required amount of magic required to warrant the title is a moving target.
- RyanMcGreal 9y agoIn that case, is my clothes dryer a robot? In addition to its timed dry setting, it also has a feedback setting in which it runs until the clothes inside have reached a (configurable) specified level of dryness, at which point it turns off.
- liotier 9y agoAt some point in the past, such automatic intelligence would have stunned the populace - but nowadays nothing short of sorting, folding and piling on the clothing shelves would let the punters cry "robot !"