Mt_Rider Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I guess I'm behind in the progress made with robots. I don't get out much... A friend told me she saw Rock-It Robot walking around the Iowa State Fair last week.....walking in the crowds, greeting people, fist bumping, hugging.... Um....kinda cute and kinda creepy. Thinking of the accidents the Tesla cars sometimes have....don't think I want any kid squashed with a misstep. Rock-It is huge. And....is it wearing a crown? http://www.iptv.org/fair/story/34571/rock-it-robot The Russians have robots that shoot...... http://www.iptv.org/fair/story/34571/rock-it-robot And then I saw today that the Japanese have a robot "priest". Well okay, that one's not going to be caught in adultery but SHEEEEEESH! Some comments from the article about the "priest" ..... my response in CAPS. So......article says: "this 'priest' will never die." [NOR WILL IT LIVE] says: "That's the beauty of a robot. It can store knowledge forever and limitlessly. "With AI we hope it will grow in wisdom to help people overcome even the most difficult troubles. It's changing Buddhism," [NO....IT WILL NOT EVER GAIN "WISDOM". THAT IS FOR THE LIVING. IT WILL GAIN DATA AND MIGHT ANTICIPATE RESPONSES BASED ON ALGORITHMS] says: "This robot teaches us ways to overcome pain," he said. "It is here to save anyone who seeks help." [PULLLLEEEZE! IT HAS NOTHING TO 'TEACH' AS IT CANNOT FEEL PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL PAIN] The person in the article comments that robots are a common theme in Japanese culture Would that make any difference in how they view this? At least there is no deception that it is a robot....not crafted to look all that humanoid. Why don't they just have taped recordings of a human giving the speeches/lectures/sermons.....(I don't know what they are called for Buddhism). It is no different....an electronic delivery and less expensive to pay a real person to record it than buy a robot. Surely this thing is not putting together it's own speeches/responses from data being fed into it??? Far worse than Rock-It.... https://news.yahoo.com/playing-god-japan-temple-puts-faith-robot-priest-043640106.html Star Trek's 'Data' character [an android] was fun and NOT REAL. Even evil twin 'Lor' ...was not real. But Star Trek explored how we would one day need to resolve some issues about robotics....and robots-gone-bad. MtRider .....hmmm... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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