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I agree that the title is very poor. "Robot AI beats world-class curling competitors at throwing accuracy" would be better. It's still an impressive feat.

• jvanderbot 6y ago
  "Humans become better at curling thanks to robotic assistance" They're not foes. They're tools baselined against human performance.
• EGreg 6y ago
  Up next Jeopardy bot has faster fingers than human competitors
  • 7800 6y ago
    Following that Wheel of Fortune bot, who knows the whole dictionary and was trained with the data of all past games, wins a car and waves from the passenger seat.
    • EGreg 6y ago
      And spins the wheel to always land on the best option haha
• Apes 6y ago
  Even saying the "AI" beats the curling competitors at throwing accuracy isn't correct. The AI has access to a highly precise mechanisms for controlling the power it throws with. Would the AI actually be any better than the players if the players had access to a similarly high precision devices for controlling throwing power that the AI is using?
  • throw_away 6y ago
    Oh, and I suppose Pitchomat 5000 was just a modified howitzer?