singularity watch

Author: arbi

Date: November 26, 2006

by arbi
11-26-06
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/ 06/11/26/0716228.shtml
News.com is running an article on an emotionally-responsive dinosaur robot that the Ugobe company has in the works for 2007. Called 'Pleo', the animatronic Apatosaurus will respond to the vocal
intonations of its owners. It won't be able to understand vocal commands; instead, its mood will be dictated by the tone of voice used at it. A terse tone can result in a depressed dino.
Programmable depressed robot dinosaurs.
What could possibly go wrong? Rawr.