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> Another observation is that we've abstracted away the robot-ish nature of a lot of these machines. In some ways, this is also limited by the format. It would
by Sebb767 3y ago
> Another observation is that we've abstracted away the robot-ish nature of a lot of these machines.
In some ways, this is also limited by the format. It would have been easy for people back then to illustrate a Roomba or a modern sound setup (instead of the old-school speakers), but it would have been a pretty boring picture and confusing to people at the time, without additional explanation at least. The way these scenes are drawn, it's immediately obvious what has changed.
- shiroiushi 3y agoThat's a good point. When I saw the robotic symphony, I thought it was pretty ridiculous, because you don't need separate speakers to play the sounds of different instruments. But a normal person in 1900 wouldn't have understood this from a picture, and if they saw a picture of a normal rock concert today, they wouldn't know what it was or how anyone could hear the instruments (though they'd recognize the drums and guitars as such).