Can we stop making robots look humanoid already? Make them look weird and machine-like; they’ll probably work better that way anyway. Making things that look humanoid yet violate the physical expectations applicable to humans is an insult to actual humans.
“Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmare”
It’s weird to be riding on a cable car in San Francisco, a method of transport developed here in the 1870’s, and see a fully autonomous self-driving taxi pull up right next to you. #history#transportation#science#cars#robots
If FLOSS is built on the four freedoms, and FLOSS has created an environment that is brittle, then perhaps it’s time for FLOSS to similarly augment the four freedoms.
We have to address this in a fundamental way. The alternative may well be the (eventual) end of FLOSS as we know it.
Hey Mastodon! If you live a life of a #geek, have a #hobby to share, maybe something about #robots, #programming, #handmade things, #keyboard building, and please join the @geeky group. Let it be the place to discover and share.🙂