Posts Tagged with "robots"
Plato’s Euthyphro, Roboticised
To most who have read Plato’s Euthyphro, this YouTube video will be funny. It captures what I think is the general “tone” of Socrates’ style, which might be the real reason he was put to death by Greek society. Despite his attitude, Socrates was a brilliant character, and gave structure to many of the most enduring [...]
Continue reading...Swarm Bots Pull Child to Safety – Yeah Swarm Bots!!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
If you want to sell the idea of swarm bots as a “good” idea (seems harmless), show them dragging a child to safety. This video is a good example of swarm bots to the rescue. (Notice the expression on the child’s face–mildly freaked out? or simply bored?) There is an interesting question that pops into my [...]
Continue reading...Can Good Citizens Emerge from a Robot Nation?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Here’s Adam Yamaguchi’s documentary on the looming population crisis in Japan and the potential of humanoid robots as a solution. Sound crazy? It might not be. One interesting theme in this documentary is that populating Japan with robots is seen as a better policy compared to one of broadened immigration. Foreigners, Yamaguchi argues, are a more [...]
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