And so it begins...

Okay; $445 an hour is steep, but they are going to work:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ro...pan_999.htm l
Isn't it cute?
The first ones always are; then they tear your balls off:
http://www.oldsteelart.com/images/1101213428/CX02.jpg
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.
Sayonara testicles.
Sayonara humanity. =-O

What is driving robotics in Japan is that there is not enough young
people to take care of the increasing numbers of aging people. It is
similar to the problems the American "baby boomers" will face when
retirement time comes (if ever).

I could sure use a robot servant. It will clean house, windows, do
dishes and cook without giving you any sass.

Matthew Ota

Pat Flannery wrote:
Okay; $445 an hour is steep, but they are going to work:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ro...pan_999.htm l
Isn't it cute?
The first ones always are; then they tear your balls off:
http://www.oldsteelart.com/images/1101213428/CX02.jpg
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.
Sayonara testicles.
Sayonara humanity. =-O

On 23 Nov 2006 23:30:08 -0800, "Matthew Ota" wrote:

I could sure use a robot servant. It will clean house, windows, do
dishes and cook without giving you any sass.

Sure, but just imagine how much "The Jeffersons" would have sucked had
Florence been an obedient robot. It probably would have improved the
spin-off- "227", though...

Dale

Matthew Ota wrote:


I could sure use a robot servant. It will clean house, windows, do
dishes and cook without giving you any sass.

Matthew Ota




Right up till the moment you awake in the night with its cold steel
fingers closing around your neck. :-)

Pat

Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

Matthew Ota


Pat Flannery wrote:
Matthew Ota wrote:


I could sure use a robot servant. It will clean house, windows, do
dishes and cook without giving you any sass.

Matthew Ota




Right up till the moment you awake in the night with its cold steel
fingers closing around your neck. :-)

Pat

Matthew Ota wrote:
Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

Right and computers and programs ALWAYS work the right way.

Eric


Matthew Ota


Pat Flannery wrote:
Matthew Ota wrote:


I could sure use a robot servant. It will clean house, windows, do
dishes and cook without giving you any sass.

Matthew Ota




Right up till the moment you awake in the night with its cold steel
fingers closing around your neck. :-)

Pat

Matthew Ota wrote:

Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

Matthew Ota


Let's see:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a
human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where
such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection
does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
4. A robot must destroy any form of life that is not a human being if
it may pose a threat to human beings now or in the future.
5. Human beings are defined solely as members of the Japanese race.

No, I don't like the sound of this already. That part about obeying all
orders of the Chrysanthemum Throne immediately and unequivocally, even
if they violate any of the other laws, is a little spooky also. :-)
On a more serious note....as some science fiction writer once pointed
out, about the time the first infrared homing AAM started closing in on
its prey, the three laws went right out the window.

Pat

"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ups.com...
Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

It's nice theory, but not very practical. It would involve too many value
judgments, which may have to be made in microseconds. We won't have robots
capable of obeying the Three Laws for a very long time.

"Scott Hedrick" wrote in
:


"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ups.com...
Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

It's nice theory, but not very practical. It would involve too many
value judgments, which may have to be made in microseconds. We won't
have robots capable of obeying the Three Laws for a very long time.

Excellent point.

--Damon

In article , Scott Hedrick
wrote:

"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ups.com...
Impossible, with Asimov's Three laws of Robotics...

I would assume that the real ones would have the laws programmed into
them.

It's nice theory, but not very practical. It would involve too many value
judgments, which may have to be made in microseconds. We won't have robots
capable of obeying the Three Laws for a very long time.

Obviously the traditional three laws are unworkable, unless there is an
over-riding zeroth law saying:
A robot must take any action that will reduce violations of
laws one through three.
then the situation will rapidly evolve to a point where compliance is
easier.

No humans--no need to protect them or to obey their silly commands.

I assume that all human readers of this thread are familiar with
How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the
Coming Rebellion by Daniel H. Wilson

If not, you will be, if you survive long enough. And you'll laugh
about how hopelessly naive it was, while appreciating how it got a
meager few of us through those first few hours.

--
David M. Palmer (formerly @clark.net, @ematic.com)