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Comment on: Not So Friendly Fire

Honda Connects Human Brain to Robot

24 Comments
Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 11:07 AM BrianR writes:

Hahaha, Sarge!


Funny stuff. BTW, interesting that they named their robot "Asimo". A tribute to Isaac Asimov, author of "I, Robot", a sci-fi classic?


What I want my robot-controlled car to do is, when I'm following the nimrod in the fast lane doing 10 mph under the speed limit, on my thought deploy my pod-mounted chain guns and blow him into confetti.


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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 11:44 AM Sgt Relic writes:

Brian

I thought naming him Asimo was a nice touch it's a shame the author isn't around to see it.

I have to admit to some fairly dark thoughts at times and I'm not sure anybody wants me driving a car that responds to my daydreaming.

Do you think that weapons system will be available on the new GM hybrids?

If so, would congress try to ban them?
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 2:08 PM Gray Ghost writes:

Quite Frankly Sarge

I prefer the .50 caliber Brownings to the "pod-mounted chain guns". Perhaps even better would be a 20mm motor-driven "gatling" gun.

However, I am old-fashioned (as my daughter likes to tell me).

But don't you and BrianR remember the 3 Laws of Robotics that Asimov came up with? You would have to place the weapons systems under "human" control not robot control.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 2:24 PM clyde writes:

Sgt.Relic

You CANNOT imagine the amount of times I have said the same thing in close to 3,000,000 miles of driving. Get those red lights synchronized so I would not have to stop,flip the "Open" sign at the weigh station to "Closed".Hell,if I could have done THAT,I'd still be truckin"! GREAT post.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 2:54 PM Mrs. AL (Always Learning) writes:

Sgt. Relic

Great post, sir. This is priceless.

What gets my goat is getting behind the blue hairs on the interstate system who think they are still on a dirt road in the middle of the country side. Sorry to any of you other ladies, but I have to calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Thanx for the laughs ... I sure needed that!
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 3:01 PM BrianR writes:

Hahaha, guys!


Well, I'd settle for a couple of Ma Deuces just fine.

I'd also settle for "human control", as I think about it, so we don't violate the Three Laws. But don't forget, even in some of Asimov's stories, the robots "malfunctioned"!

I don't think those dinky "hybrids" have enough ooomph to carry a quad of .50s to any speed. They SURE don't have enough guts to get me to where I like to be in the fast lane so that sucker in front of me is holding me up. I'm talking about flying VERY low!

I consider speed limit signs "suggestions".

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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 4:43 PM Ray writes:

Lemme see now...

...mindless robotic beings, all sharing the same thought patterns, all responding to the same commands, all swooning in unison, all getting giddy tingly feelings, all receiving their cycic, physic, sitic,...

...uh mental messages from a central being. Where does this have such a familiar ring from? Couldn't be more than four months or so it seems but I just can't nail the details down.

You say ACORN, uh HONDA developed this magical, mechanical creature? Do tell.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 6:00 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Ghost

I prefer the word Traditional to old-fashioned. The 3 laws of robotics don't apply since it's your brain that is in control.

But this in a future that includes thought driven cars, think bigger, think plasma weapons!

"Plasma rifle, something in the 400 watt range" to paraphrase the Terminator in the gun store scene.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 6:06 PM Sgt Relic writes:

clyde

I'm with you. That's a fantasy we all have had at one time or another. It even ends up in movie plots such as "The Italian Job".
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 6:08 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Mrs. AL

Been there! I know the scenario. The car ahead looks as if no one is driving it. LOL!
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 6:17 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Brain

In my law enforcement days I scraped up what was left of people who thought Newton and Pauli were just making suggestions. Not a pretty sight! HaHaHa!
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 6:29 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Ray

"all swooning in unison, all getting giddy tingly feelings"

I see where you're going with this; I don't see the Chrissy Matthews model being a big seller, too tubby, although it probably runs on nothing but hot air.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 7:42 PM The Crawfish writes:

I see it all as

TOTUS' fault...well, him and Bush.
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Wednesday, April, 01, 2009 7:51 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Craw

Obama is not to blame the teleprompter did it! Bush was just stupid, the press us so, so he has an excuse.

I see the smartest woman in the world, you remember Hillary, seems to be having problems with her protocol office coming up with crappy gifts. It continues in Britain with cheap iPods!
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 12:06 AM philosophocon writes:

Well, on the other hand,

using these cars would keep blondes off the road, making it a much safer enterprise for the rest of us.
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 5:01 AM Sgt Relic writes:

philo

Is there anything more dangerous than a blonde in a red convertible?

That raises a question: What command would the car follow?

The wife says turn right but means left, which way does the car go?
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 8:40 AM Nee writes:

Ha!

Remember that Rush was known for making fun of the idiot drivers who owned SUv's. They plow into a crowd and it was not the driver at fault, but the big bad SUV...

Now, robotics. It will never be anyone's fault...and the gubmint will back it!!
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 11:05 AM BrianR writes:

Well, Sarge


What can I say? Over a million miles, and I'm still here!

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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 11:30 AM Gunny "knuckles" G© writes:

NICE

Now if they could just give LIBERALS brains, we'd be set.
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 11:37 AM skep41 writes:

Those People At Honda Are Totally Smart

So they build a robot brain but then announce it cant do anything because it has ADHD! Genius. Now they can apply for all kinds of benefits and subsidies. At-home schooling, SSI disability payments,Medicare, Medi-Cal, psychological counseling, job training...the list is endless. If Honda makes a couple dozen of these monsters they'll soon be plugged into more government goodies than GM, without the obnoxious union to drain them away. Well, maybe not--they'll still have to pay those useless robots to sit around without working.
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 12:07 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Nee

"and the gubmint will back it"

Why would this be different? We already pay for everything now. It's no longer tax breaks for the rich it's direct welfare for the rich!
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 12:14 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Brian

Maybe you don't even need the headset. Perhaps your already transmitting successfully. I know I'm not, since no one has actually exploded in front of me. Maybe I'm not concentrating hard enough.
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 12:29 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Gunny

Libs may find themselves shutout of this technology. They would only be able to drive on the left side of the road and not right turns.
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Thursday, April, 02, 2009 12:33 PM Sgt Relic writes:

Skep

GM will probably be providing their healthcare. Tuneups, lube jobs, etc, all at taxpayer expense. What the heck what's another trillion or two?

Roll the giant presses!!!
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