Re: Sony to quit manufacturing AIBO, QRIO

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:13:06 -0500, Wolf Kirchmeir
<wolfekir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Traveler wrote:
>[...] The public wants robots that can do chores around the
>> house, chores that require sophisticated intelligence. We're not there
>> yet. But it's coming. The good thing about all this is that we now
>> have good robot hardware technology.
>[...]
>
>The successful replacement/augmentation of some human skills and not
>others shows that what's easy is not necessarily simple, and what's hard
>is not necessarily complicated. An obvious principle, once you recognise
>it, but widely ignored. Logic and math are hard for us, but simple.
>Cleaning the house is easy for us (hence its tedium), but complicated.
>
>I find that many comments about "intellignece" tacitly assume that tasks
>that are difficult for humans must require more intelligence than easy
>ones, despite much evidence that it's not so. I suppose that's because
>so many workers in the field have worked very hard to become good
>"symbol processors", and get paid a lot more than the guy or gal that
>empties their trash cans. That's why I from time to time reiterate my
>suggestion that AI should try emulating something like an ant. It's not
>at all obvious how to make a robot as smart as an ant, despite the fact
>that we know a good deal about ant behaviour. It's easy enough to make a
> toy that walks like an insect; but that's nowhere near a robot ant.
>
>As for Sony's robot dog: It's slightly more interesting than those toys
>that walk like an insect. For about 5 minutes.
>
>HTH

I agree. It is ironic to think that those of us who are convinced that
they will never be replaced by a mchine will be the first to join the
unemployment line when true AI arrives. The reason is an economic one.
The highest paid workers will be targeted first: doctors, lawyers,
scientists, engineers, etc... ahahaha... Interesting times are coming.

Louis Savain

Why Software Is Bad and What We Can Do to Fix It:
http://www.rebelscience.org/Cosas/Reliability.htm
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