The bit that really *got* me was just how alive it looked when it was skittering on the ice. Oh, and the way it recovered from being kicked was truly awesome.
Having no idea of what it was I was looking at, I thought it was a couple of people in dressup with noise added, then realised it was powered somehow, but still found myself getting upset when it got kicked or deliberately put in difficult spots (on account of it's movement being so lifelike I guess - where I guess I could have been marvelling at its capacity for self-correction.)
I agree, it really looks alive when it's scrambling to right itself after being kicked and slipping on the ice. I guess it is solving the same problem a dog is solving with the same type of body, so the good solutions will look similar. But dang, it makes me want to put out my hand with some food.
> I guess I could have been marvelling at its capacity for self-correction.)
It's possible that it uses an entirely designed, maths-based, deterministic algorithm in order to keep its feet. It's also possible that it uses a trained neural net with some kind of neurotransmitter simulation. The one would suggest that it's entirely machine-like, a marvellously complex clockwork thing. The other would begin to blend the lines between machine and living, feeling, organism.
Either way, I felt the same thing. I felt sorry for it, and angry at the guy who kicked it.
HA! I was all 'They're filming it in a forest, how very Star Wars' and then they started filming it IN THE SNOW. Just waiting for someone to go in with a rope around its legs and take it down...
Seriously, though, amazing thing. Can almost see it 'thinking' as it scrabbles and picks its way over difficult surfaces. And dare I say the jumping thing at the end was positively cute.. I'd add a dog head on the front myself, but still... :)
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Date: 2008-03-18 10:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-03-18 11:09 pm (UTC)How cool is that.
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Date: 2008-03-18 11:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-19 01:21 am (UTC)Having no idea of what it was I was looking at, I thought it was a couple of people in dressup with noise added, then realised it was powered somehow, but still found myself getting upset when it got kicked or deliberately put in difficult spots (on account of it's movement being so lifelike I guess - where I guess I could have been marvelling at its capacity for self-correction.)
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Date: 2008-03-19 06:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-25 10:27 pm (UTC)It's possible that it uses an entirely designed, maths-based, deterministic algorithm in order to keep its feet. It's also possible that it uses a trained neural net with some kind of neurotransmitter simulation. The one would suggest that it's entirely machine-like, a marvellously complex clockwork thing. The other would begin to blend the lines between machine and living, feeling, organism.
Either way, I felt the same thing. I felt sorry for it, and angry at the guy who kicked it.
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Date: 2008-03-19 04:09 pm (UTC)wow ;)
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Date: 2008-03-23 02:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-03-25 01:04 pm (UTC)Seriously, though, amazing thing. Can almost see it 'thinking' as it scrabbles and picks its way over difficult surfaces. And dare I say the jumping thing at the end was positively cute.. I'd add a dog head on the front myself, but still... :)