Nice video, those Frenchies really like their robots. My wife helped translate for me as she's fluent.
It's funny how the doctor said that he doesn't think robots will replace them, especially considering how AI has actually been most effective in the medical field, with even Expert Systems having significant impact. Though who knows, maybe he's right, in terms for flesh and blood, and a fully automated surgeon might not care as much, but I'd doubt they'd take a cell phone call during surgery, and run to the office to look at some x-rays :-|. just like :-| what was he thinking? "oh w/e they'll be under for at least another hour and I put the surgery machine on pause" The seniors seemed to really like that social robot, it even helped them play their favorite game Bingo :-). On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:45 PM, ARAKAWA Naoya <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Mike & all, > > On 2013/01/06, at 4:25, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for this. If I remember right, you have some connection with the > Japanese robot > > project that was supposed to be adaptively picking up cups or similar, > no? The project > > that received considerable publicity? If so, how is that going? How > adaptable and > > innovative has the robot program proved? > > No, you don't remember right ;-) > > I'm currently a student studying machine learning and language > acquisition (by machines). > > > And how do you feel about the way most AGI-ers ignore robotics? :) > > I don't know if most AGI-ers ignore robotics, but I understand that > research with robotics would be more costly (w.r.t. both hardware > and software) than 'non-embodied' studies. > > Recently I wrote a memo on my view about AGI: > > http://rondelionai.blogspot.jp/2012/12/status-quo-of-artificial-general.html > (You can skip the first part about things everyone knows. And the > map there is under construction.) > I didn't make much reference to robotics there, perhaps because > I think current robotics is on the right track… > > -- > Naoya Arakawa > > P.S. Robot novels > I read "The Stories of Ibis" a few years ago > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stories_of_Ibis > (depicting some singularity aspect towards the ending) > and recently re-read > Deadly Image (aka The Uncertain Midnight) by Edmund Cooper (1958) > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Uncertain-Midnight-ebook/dp/B005HRT9VC/ > .. > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
