Re: Japanese want a 30-year Robot Program

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 09:11:35 MDT

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    At 08:57 PM 8/20/03 -0700, you wrote:
    >On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, randy wrote:
    >
    > > Some Japanese scientists want a 30 yr program to develop a robot with
    > > the capabilities of a 5 yr old. Slashdot discussion link below
    > > includes link to article.
    > >
    > >
    > http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/2051215&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=134 @ Imp
    >
    >You mean 30 years for the Japanese to put a robot in the Whitehouse?
    >
    >But seriously, 5 year old human equivalency in what? Go through it feature
    >by feature, ie do a profile of human vs. robot. Robots far surpass humans
    >now in some ways. Do the Japanese want to dumb down the machines to a 5
    >year level? No. So exactly how do they want to increase the level of the
    >robot in that profile?

    The Atom Project would be a humanoid robot with the physical, intellectual
    and emotional capacity of a 5-year-old. It would have decision making
    attributes and self-induced motor activity.

    I'm glad that they are choosing a 5 year old rather than a 2 year old. A 5
    year old has outgrown the terrible 2 stage of perturbation and erratic
    exploration, and spends his time learning and thinking in developing
    character. 5 year old want to identify with adults and are like little men
    and women. While any age has its ups and downs, I think it is an excellent
    age for the Atom Project.

    I'm curious what standards and methods - whose/what AI designs - they will
    try to implement in developing intelligence/emotion.

    Natasha

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