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Snoop doggy
That AIBO dog article was interesting. I've never actually seen one of those robots for real, but I would guess that they aren't all that complicated and probably have a limited repertoir of stereotyped movements and sounds. I was thinking that in a way this is really a sort of modern Turing test. If people other than twentysomething techno addicts are prepared to treat the robot as if it's a dog and assign motivations and intentions to it over a prolonged period of time then you might as well consider it as having a similar intelligence level as a dog. To some extent the old folks are simply imposing their own beliefs on what is probably just a sophisticated type of toy, but then we all do something similar with babies - assigning intelligence levels and intentionality where probably none yet exists. - Bob |
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Ageing with Bots
There's another similar story in the NY Times, where the link with the elderly is looked into further. Such a Comfort to Grandma, and He Runs on Double-A's Once they have the elderly audience fooled, then they'll tackle the small kids, and finally the sceptical pesimistic adolescents of the current generation... A challenge! |
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