From: J Corbally (jcorb@iol.ie)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 17:26:17 MDT
>Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:57:25 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Party of Citizens <citizens@vcn.bc.ca>
>Subject: Re: Japanese want a 30-year Robot Program
>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.
So it'll change the TV channel (except when the Teletubbies are on), shove
Barbie's head onto Ken's body, fall off its bicycle and wet the bed, then?
Oh Joy.
James...
> 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
>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?
>POC
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