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TheMightyEthan Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 There's a proposal in the European Parliament's committee on legal affairs to establish a legal framework for "electronic persons" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-robotics-lawmaking-idUSKCN0Z72AY?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=576996e504d3010bc51b5ca3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter Seems pretty ridiculous at first, but from reading the article it seems like really the point is establishing things like who is responsible when a robot goes haywire and hurts someone or causes property damage. Obviously that's going to be an issue for self-driving cars, this would just be broader so it would cover robots in all kinds of situations. There's also stuff like potentially requiring companies to pay in social security for their robots too, not to benefit the robots but because of concern that work will become progressively harder for humans to obtain and they need a social safety net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 The latter being the "basic income" stuff which has to happen some point. It's something mulling on my mind a while cos I'd like to hear some actual political debate around the automation of the workforce, and certainly one that doesn't go "but we invented the freezer n ice delivery men got other jobs!" type responses. Not that much of this will apply to us depending on the trouser leg we end up in on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I just want to add that I absolutely love the term "electronic persons". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 It's a scutter! Banana skins!? Where are the micromachines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/2/12360620/china-TEB-elevated-straddling-bus-unveiled Huh, it's actually real now. It is certainly an interesting concept since standard buses on busy streets are kind of a pain. I bet it also a pain for the driver and riders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Seems to be more of a tram than a bus (looks like it's on tracks). Makes sense I guess since it's not gonna be super flexible at that size on regular roads. But yeah be interesting if it ends up with someone crashing into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 It's mad what you can do with a consumer grade camera now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PbUjTxiyNQ and a GIF if you don't want to watch the clip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 We've got a camera with a pretty decent zoom lens, I may have to try that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 For a more popular culture focus. TED talk with some caveats like say "Do we really know what gene(s) causes XYZ?". You know, I feel bad for any potential long-lived children or grandchildren of ours. They will be living in and cleaning up our climatic mess. Sure they could engineer the hell out of the problem but you're essentially telling them to dip their toes in directed terraforming. Then again they potentially won't have to deal with cancer and other fucked up diseases. It's a fair trade... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 So I took pictures of the moon a couple nights ago with our camera just to try it out. It's not nearly as impressive as that Nikon, but I don't think it's too shabby. I think much further a zoom would be pretty much useless without a tripod. I made cropped ones too so you can see the difference in detail without having to open them in a new tab or anything. Un-zoomed: Zoomed: Also, does anybody else see the creeper in the moon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Looks more like a giant alien dragon egg to me... (god what a stupid episode) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deanb Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Uber to roll out self driving cars at the end of August http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37117831 Always their eventuality. If you're a taxi driver atm I'd maybe invest in a bit of training on the side into some other job. Maybe not one a robot can do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) It'll be quite interesting to see how the trucking industry adapts. It is anybody's guess. My hunch is where most truck stops are now will still be there but now it's more of a function of checking if everything is kosher with the cargo and truck. Could be as simple as checking if the seals on the truck cargo hold is intact and what they should be. Could be more involved. The checkers could be from the owners of the trucks like UPS, Swift, U-haul or some new contractor companies. These places also could be where come a representative is based that can go to accident sites. In the end though, it'll be (I suspect) less people employed in this industry. Edited August 18, 2016 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Man, this is pretty wacky. I remember back at uni it'd take hours to process motion tracking, then you'd have to build all the point data in a 3D application. You wanted to scan a 3D object? You needed to book the laser scanner. These days you can use a free Autodesk phone app to just take a handful of photos and hey presto (and the results are about on par with what we got on the laser scanner). Now just take a stationary video n hey look it produces a 3D physics simulation about as good as you'd get with basic skills (heck probably better given you'd have to cut out and manually model a lot of the stuff...and well as it covers it's much easier to make the thing you want to simulate from scratch in your 3D program). And another video (not watched this fully yet). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 If they disregard even the simple rules of tic-tac-toe, I imagine robots won't give much of a shit about the more complex rules of war. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 I like the dude putting his hand out all "wtf is this shit?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 There was a reason why the Butlerian Jihad came about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 For things to come... Space X just fired off a very bold proclamation I suppose. Lifting 20 people and the supplies they need at once with 42 rockets with the combined thrust equivalent to 3.4-ish Saturn V rockets (The real big boys that sent Apollo mission to the Moon). My mind has trouble grasping how it will all work but it sounds doable. Reason why I put this in this thread. We can crunch out the numbers and physics. Space X just need to get the funding to do such a thing. There's some science that needs to be done before hand like regarding human being in space for so long but it can all be worked out. Still... part of me thinks a space elevator is easier in the long run. We just got to find the suitable material to build it with... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 To build a space elevator we could use SR-71s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 https://youtu.be/PUw_DMaQ264 View of what Tesla cars see. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 Some fancy experimental thing from Adobe for applying hand drawn textures to 3D models automagically. I remember years ago when they demod Context Aware and it was mindblowing stuff n now it's just another tool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 29, 2016 Report Share Posted November 29, 2016 I find the whooping and hollering in this verrrrrry weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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