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  • Re: Humanoid vs purpose-b

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to KURT WEISKE on Sun Jun 7 10:48:30 2026
    Humanoid robots wont be the future: purpose-built robots will

    I always wondered why, if you wanted a robot to clean windows, you'd
    design it with legs to move and arms that could snap a human spine.
    Unless there was another agenda in place?

    When I was younger, I assumed some people would want them to be able to interact with a human as a human would.

    Let's design the future science fiction writers warned us about!

    As I have gotten older, I would rather them be not so "human like." Sort
    of like the robot vacuum cleaners... no arms, no legs, etc., and are not as likely to kill us.


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Mike Powell on Mon Jun 8 07:08:52 2026
    Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

    As I have gotten older, I would rather them be not so "human like."
    Sort of like the robot vacuum cleaners... no arms, no legs, etc., and
    are not as likely to kill us.

    All things being equal, I'd rather meet my end fighting a terminator
    bot than being strangled in my sleep by an intelligent canister vacuum
    cleaner.

    Time to make sure we enact Asimov's 3 laws - and in the right order!

    https://xkcd.com/1613/





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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Jun 8 10:18:18 2026
    Kurt Weiske wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    As I have gotten older, I would rather them be not so "human like."
    Sort of like the robot vacuum cleaners... no arms, no legs, etc., and
    are not as likely to kill us.

    All things being equal, I'd rather meet my end fighting a terminator
    bot than being strangled in my sleep by an intelligent canister vacuum
    cleaner.

    Hmmm, I didn't consider that they might figure out how to climb furnature!

    Time to make sure we enact Asimov's 3 laws - and in the right order!

    https://xkcd.com/1613/

    Yes.



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