Originally published at: Chess robot broke 7-year-old opponents finger during game | Boing Boing
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Where have I heard that before?
Who ever imagined we’d have to extend the “livable streets” concept to chess boards?
And so it begins
It’s time to remove those Steinitz and Alekhine games from it’s database.
No one likes an autonomously sore loser.
Why not just play on a computer?
It was, an accident. Yeah, let’s call it that.
Another article quoted Smagin as saying it was “absolutely safe”. Uhhh, we have the example RIGHT HERE that it’s not. How can you say that with a straight face?
::sigh:: Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia
Next opponent ups the stakes:
“Come on! What’s a few children’s fingers in exchange for robotic progress!”
-Elon Musk, probably
/s (obvs)
Homey don’t play that
This robot is well on its way to self-actualization.
Maslow's pyramid of needs
for robots
/\
/ \
/kill\
/ all \ <- self-actualization
/ humans \
/----------\
/ become \ <- self-esteem
/ self-aware \
/----------------\
/ join wireless \ <- belonging
/ network \
/----------------------\
/ update anti-virus \ <- safety
/ software \
/----------------------------\
/ recharge batteries \ <- physical needs
/________________________________\
I know, right? A robot arm to move physical pieces seems like needless complexity.
I can see it might be a fun project to make an actual Mechanical Turk but you’d really have to work on the aesthetics.
" droids don’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they lose"
But they may snap a finger.
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