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Watching this, I couldn't help but think that this is the video that human historians will dig up in an attempt to figure out why their distant ancestors though
by jballanc 17y ago
Watching this, I couldn't help but think that this is the video that human historians will dig up in an attempt to figure out why their distant ancestors thought it wise to develop the robots that would eventually enslave the entire race...or maybe it was just the music selection?
- donaq 17y agoIt's morphable, not sentient. Besides, rupturing the inflatable components will remove its morphing ability. Not exactly as resilient as T1000, wot? :p
- Devilboy 17y agoSkynet will work out the details
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- ivankirigin 17y agoWhy does every robot need to bring out the crazy in people that predicts some humananity-is-doomed scenerio? Such a tired idea
- DannoHung 17y agoBecause it is the classic science fiction story: Frankenstein.
- ivankirigin 17y agoscience fiction
- csbrooks 17y agoPerhaps a good time to note the number of concepts that made the crossover from science fiction to science reality?
- ivankirigin 17y agoThat some things in science fiction have come true is NOT a good reason to bring up a fucking robot apocalypse every time a robot is posted to hacker news. I pay attention to these things. It really is pretty much every time a robot is brought up that someone who thinks they are clever says "Terminator!" As was already pointed out here, this is so far from a sentient robot it isn't even funny. It is also really far from the T-1000. Really, really far. People, please learn a thing or two about robotics or AI before making such an infantile assertion. Did you ever think it is bad for society to be so wild? You know, the popular idea in media where science = mad lone wolf scientist? Robots are pretty much the coolest way to learn engineering, and I'm just sick of people who add nothing to the conversation.
- jballanc 17y agoI apologize if it wasn't clear. My comment was in no way intended to add a cliche to the noise so much as to comment on the music selection. Perhaps robotics researchers would be taken more seriously if they took themselves more seriously. For example, I've seen dozens of Asimo video clips. Asimo is magnitudes closer to being a sentient robot than this rubber ball thingy, but I've never seen an Asimo video clip that devolved into Hollywood style quick cuts with apocalyptic background music. So, I've never thought to make this sort of comment regarding Asimo.
- ivankirigin 17y agoActually you don't know much about ASIMO if you think it is closer to being sentient than the rubber ball. It is a dumb mobility platform with a few sensors that aren't really used. There was nothing in the music that made it ominous to me. It was trying to show a dynamic mobility platform. Electronic music != robot apocalypse.
- panic 17y agoIn the event that robots eventually enslave the entire race, I doubt there will be any video record. It'll all be on youtube, owned by — guess who — the machines.
- kwamenum86 17y agoIt was definitely the Apocalyptic machine-takeover music. On another note, what would a machine like this be useful for?
- rocketman 17y agoThat machine in the video is not what we would most likely implement. Imagine robots with articulations more fine than "motor1, turn 39 degrees clockwise. motor2, turn 68 degrees clockwise", etc. Possibly more compact robotic limbs that better replicate natural animal movement. More precision.