Sep 222011
Fire. Give it to Me.
So this computer scientist guy named James Law has nominated the iCub robot to be a torch bearer for the 2012 Olympics. His stated agenda is to honor legendary computer scientist and AI/NBI pioneer Alan Turing (an ANTHROBOTIC favorite, covered here before – he made the HOMO’S DEVIL MACHINE!! …never gets old).
Anywho, the whole Turing connection and general coolness of the idea appeals – we should begin integrating non-biological lifeforms into everyday activities and ceremonies. But most interesting to me is the humans giving fire to a robot metaphoric symbology going on here.
I mean come on – this is hilarious! Olympics? Fire? Prometheus? Will iCub’s descendants still believe in us thousands of years from now?
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September 22, 2011
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