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Chess-playing robot
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:09 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
This Chessbase report has hilarious clips of a chess-playing robotic arm. Do look at them both if you get a chance, and don't miss the body language of the GMs in the first clip.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6813
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:06 pm
by Joey Stewart
It is a shame Kramnik is speaking in russian, as I am sure he is coming up with quite amusing comments, but I guess it is his first language so it is excusable. his attempt to shake the hand was funny.
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:28 pm
by Michael Jones
Move the board a bit during the game, that'll confuse it. Or hide all the captured pieces so it can't find them when it wants to promote.
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:35 pm
by Warren Kingston
Michael Jones wrote:Move the board a bit during the game, that'll confuse it. Or hide all the captured pieces so it can't find them when it wants to promote.
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:51 pm
by John Hickman
"Robot arm begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, November 29.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug... "
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:12 pm
by Rob Thompson
John Hickman wrote:"Robot arm begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, November 29.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug... "
we all now that the real problems will start in the network. This is no more than struggling with your computer when it tries to shut the CD drive at an inappropriate moment
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:14 pm
by Alex Holowczak
Rob Thompson wrote:John Hickman wrote:"Robot arm begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, November 29.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug... "
we all now that the real problems will start in the network. This is no more than struggling with your computer when it tries to shut the CD drive at an inappropriate moment
If I boot in Windows, my disk drive automatically opens for some reason. When I was trying to install Ubuntu from a Live CD, this caused considerable problems...
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 8:39 am
by Warren Kingston
John Hickman wrote:"Robot arm begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, November 29.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug... "
John, Terminator?
Re: Chess-playing robot
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:02 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
Warren Kingston wrote:John Hickman wrote:"Robot arm begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, November 29.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug... "
John, Terminator?
Either that, or that short story by Asimov or Clarke where the telephone network gained consciousness.
Oh, in fact, the Terminator one (Skynet) became self-aware at 2:14am eastern time on
August 29, 1997. Changing the month to November is designed to place it in our immediate future, as some have done with the recent Kinect thing.
It was Arthur C. Clarke's short story 'Dial F For Frankenstein' (1964) that had the global telephone network attaining consciousness (he gave the date for this as 1975).