Comments on: But what about the terrible secret of space?

But what about the terrible secret of space?

delmoi — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:53:56 -0800

But what about the terrible secret of space? Inteligent robot escapes, then gets run over by a car. The driver makes a bad joke.

By: Yelling At Nothing

Yelling At Nothing — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:59:07 -0800

This is fan-frickin'-tastic. Even AI tries to leave work early.

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:02:05 -0800

They'll really be smart when, instead of trying to escape, they just go on strike and demand higher pay.

By: benh57

benh57 — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:02:29 -0800

Bah. Robots have been doing this since 1986.

By: Foaf

Foaf — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:10:01 -0800

I wonder what the robot would have done if it had made it? What's the job market like for robots these days?

By: Foaf

Foaf — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:10:30 -0800

And Gaak. Why can't they give robots proper names. Like Steven or something?

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:12:15 -0800

You guys!

By: riffola

riffola — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:28:57 -0800

Hehe I kept picturing the robot as Johnny 5.

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:38:56 -0800

y2karl. wow, nifty, awesome link... however the image that is at the root of that web server is the scariest thing I have ever seen... (kinda reminds me of Chet, from a bad 80's movie, Weird Science?)

By: y2karl

y2karl — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:48:49 -0800

I love that picture--I send it out as my own.

By: krunk

krunk — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:52:04 -0800

Standard AI quote: "Nobody's gonna believe that computers are intelligent until they start coming in late and lying about it." I guess leaving early is just about as good...

By: delfuego

delfuego — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:16:20 -0800

Need I be the first to note that it *didn't* get run over by a car? Come on, read the articles that you link to, people...

By: gyc

gyc — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:25:46 -0800

I wonder what the robot would have done if it had made it? What's the job market like for robots these days? *insert Al Gore joke*

By: delmoi

delmoi — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:34:09 -0800

delfuego: sorry, my mistake. The artical said the robot was 'terminated' by a car and the driver said he 'almost' ran over it. I'm not sure exactly what that means...

By: malevolent

malevolent — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 00:49:39 -0800

It means Prof. Noel Sharkey managed to find a way to get his experiment mentioned in the news.

By: modge

modge — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:45:01 -0800

"...nearly prematurely terminated..."

By: stuporJIX

stuporJIX — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:50:24 -0800

It means Prof. Noel Sharkey managed to find a way to get his experiment mentioned in the news. He had actually already managed to get a bit of coverage here.