Thursday, October 27, 2005

Woudn't it be great if your fingers had fingers? And so on?

(Link found at Grow-a-Brain.)

Hans Moravec predicts that robots with similar appendages, able to manipulate matter at the molecular level, will supersede humanity. And in "Engine City," Ken MacLeod envisions their biological counterparts.
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4 comments:

  1. razorsmile6:42 PM

    Hans Moravec predicts that robots with similar appendages, able to manipulate matter at the molecular level, will supersede humanity.

    Bush Robots?

    Here: A somewhat less advanced application , from Ghost in the Shell.

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  2. Anonymous7:10 AM

    "similar appendages" ... hmmm.

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  3. Mac3:42 PM

    Razorsmile--

    Yes, Bush robots. Great still from "Ghost in the Shell"!

    Infotheorem--

    Shame on you. ;-D

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  4. razorsmile11:16 AM

    ken said Now, that image of multi-fingered fingers on a robot doesn't bother me at all

    Heh heh. What you didn't see was the rest of the guy. He's actually a human with robotic hands.

    weevee: mutof (mute off, can you hear me now?)

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