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- From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
- Subject: Shouting at robots
- Message-ID: <JMC.93Jan2141039@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
- Date: 2 Jan 93 14:10:39
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- I hear my 7 year old son shouting "Stop! Stop!" at his robot. You
- might consider shouting at a toy robot a singularly futile exercise.
- However, the robot, manufactured in China for a Japanese company and
- sold at Radio Shack, uses voice recognition technology licensed from an
- American company.
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- It just isn't very obedient when shouted at.
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- A $25 prize is offered for the best posting in the next week viewing
- this development with alarm, i.e. children shouting at robots.
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- John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
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- He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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