> The robot vacuum cleaner that spread dog shit over an entire apartment. . .
Did that really happen? :-0
Yeah, I guess it did: http://www.today.com/home/when-roomba-met-dog-poop-man-s-poopocalypse-goes-viral-t101883
Tesla, meet Roomba. But, but. . .
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/28/ai_the_real_deal/ ----------------- AI no longer needs to fake it. Just don't try talking to your robots Mankind's creations are almost better than the real thing 28 Jan 2016 Alistair Dabbs
[A] robovac is an elementary example of AI and mechanics put into practice. Artificial intelligence does not mean an ability to speak and interact with humans but simply to be automated in an intelligent way. A robovac wakes itself up, recognises the difference between carpet and solid flooring, navigates the furniture and stores itself for recharging when it’s finished. The Dyson 360 Eye even plans out its own work strategy, knows its whereabouts in the room, and keeps track of the bits of floor still remaining to be cleaned. . . ====
Well, take heart. As Canadian marine biologist and SF author Peter Watts once said (via http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2009/11/futurology-is-quintessential-and.html ):
"Science is alchemy: it turns shit into gold." ;->
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/15/roomba-robot-vacuum-poopocalypse-facebook-post -------------- Roomba creator responds to reports of ‘poopocalypse’: ‘We see this a lot’ Olivia Solon 15 August 2016
. . .
It turns out that this isn’t an isolated incident.
It’s happened to neuroscientist Becca (she didn’t want her full name published) between five and 10 times over the past two years.
She and her husband bought the Roomba to tackle the hair shed by their four cats Aretha, Bert, Merry and Pippin. “It does an amazing job,” she said.
That is, until there’s a stray cat turd. Sometimes this happens when one of the cats simply misses the litter box, while at other times it’s down to the cat having “a little dangling one” that falls off somewhere in the apartment.
“It’s awful. The poop gets stuck in these tiny treads in the wheels, gets sucked inside and in all the brushes,” Becca explained. “That’s on top of the poop smeared all over the house.”. . .
“Quite honestly, we see this a lot,” said a spokesman from iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba.
“We generally tell people to try not to schedule your vacuum if you know you have dogs that may create such a mess. With animals anything can happen.”
Are there any plans to introduce any poop detection technology to the product? “Our engineers are always trying to figure out ways to help people with their problems, and we’ve known this is an issue people deal with.”
He suggests that it might be possible to introduce a specific sensor or feces-specific image recognition. ====
Not face(s) recognition, feces recognition.
The existential threat folks missed this one. The real threat wasn't grey goo, it was brown goo.
> The robot vacuum cleaner that spread dog shit over an entire apartment. . .
ReplyDeleteDid that really happen? :-0
Yeah, I guess it did:
http://www.today.com/home/when-roomba-met-dog-poop-man-s-poopocalypse-goes-viral-t101883
Tesla, meet Roomba. But, but. . .
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/28/ai_the_real_deal/
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AI no longer needs to fake it. Just don't try talking to your robots
Mankind's creations are almost better than the real thing
28 Jan 2016
Alistair Dabbs
[A] robovac is an elementary example of AI and mechanics put
into practice. Artificial intelligence does not mean an ability
to speak and interact with humans but simply to be automated
in an intelligent way. A robovac wakes itself up, recognises
the difference between carpet and solid flooring, navigates
the furniture and stores itself for recharging when it’s finished.
The Dyson 360 Eye even plans out its own work strategy,
knows its whereabouts in the room, and keeps track of the
bits of floor still remaining to be cleaned. . .
====
Well, take heart. As Canadian marine biologist and SF author
Peter Watts once said (via
http://amormundi.blogspot.com/2009/11/futurology-is-quintessential-and.html ):
"Science is alchemy: it turns shit into gold." ;->
"HAL, I think we just stepped in something!"
"I'm sorry, I don't smell anything, Dave."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/15/roomba-robot-vacuum-poopocalypse-facebook-post
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Roomba creator responds to reports of ‘poopocalypse’: ‘We see this a lot’
Olivia Solon
15 August 2016
. . .
It turns out that this isn’t an isolated incident.
It’s happened to neuroscientist Becca (she didn’t want her
full name published) between five and 10 times over the past two years.
She and her husband bought the Roomba to tackle the hair shed
by their four cats Aretha, Bert, Merry and Pippin. “It does
an amazing job,” she said.
That is, until there’s a stray cat turd. Sometimes this
happens when one of the cats simply misses the litter box,
while at other times it’s down to the cat having “a little
dangling one” that falls off somewhere in the apartment.
“It’s awful. The poop gets stuck in these tiny treads in
the wheels, gets sucked inside and in all the brushes,”
Becca explained. “That’s on top of the poop smeared all
over the house.”. . .
“Quite honestly, we see this a lot,” said a spokesman from
iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba.
“We generally tell people to try not to schedule your vacuum
if you know you have dogs that may create such a mess. With
animals anything can happen.”
Are there any plans to introduce any poop detection technology
to the product? “Our engineers are always trying to figure out
ways to help people with their problems, and we’ve known this is
an issue people deal with.”
He suggests that it might be possible to introduce a
specific sensor or feces-specific image recognition.
====
Not face(s) recognition, feces recognition.
The existential threat folks missed this one. The real
threat wasn't grey goo, it was brown goo.
;->
Turing Test corollary: A successful AI must be able to
ReplyDeletedistinguish shit from shinola. ;->