I would watch the hell out of this

Paul Krugman: A famous economist and Nobel Prize winner claimed in 1998 that by 2005 the internet would have no greater impact than the fax machine on global economics. This claim was based on a counterargument he had made regarding Metcalfe’s Law, which states that the sum of connections in any network is the square of its participants; Krugman argued that this model was flawed regarding the internet - most people had nothing to say to one another

Legendary! Thanks so much I will enjoy these

Thanks so much for your input! You make some very valid points about the integrity of the paper and trends in academic publishing in general. I must admit I am a bit of a casual when it comes to academia so it’s valuable to have people like yourself here to scrutinise the information we discuss!

Same here! Such a nostalgic throwback. I recall one bit about robots not being able to walk upright due to the amount of calculations needed to keep their balance, “it would be decades before they will walk the way we do” and then Asimo was unveiled

I wonder how long we would have to wait after capturing a planet and inserting it into the suns habitable zone before we can live on it? I imagine there would be a very turbulent period where it would need to settle in to the new gravity and radiation environment

Awesome thanks for the info! Which filaments did you use?

Excellent summary! Yes the obsolescence will be a massive problem given the high-risk nature of any procedure to access the cranial vault. I can’t see this technology moving out of the therapeutic realm until viable non-invasive alternatives exist, I feel people will be much more comfortable to experiment with this tech once they know they can simply switch it off or detach it without risking their biology. I can see a cultural shift occurring with the advent of this type of technology, from short sighted consumerism to something a bit more holistic and long-term

I agree, the creators will have considerable influence over the robots but what I am wondering is to what extent that power will be curbed if a charter of rights is developed for the robots? The creators’ motivations will no doubt be driven by profit and the promise of inexhaustible labour. I think it is possible that the robots may end up with rights as a way to protect human workers, in the sense that they need to be more difficult to exploit in order to reduce their ability to compete with humans. In that way the robots could even receive rights before they develop sufficient sentience to appreciate them

I suppose that will be based on what we consider their rights to be. Perhaps an employer will still have some kind of obligation to the welfare of these robots in the sense that they will require maintenance and protection of the integrity of the hardware and software

Oh. My. God.

Well put. I imagine they will be programmed with that as a constraint. The fourth law of robotics

Sorry! in English “how did/do you find” something also means what is your opinion on something. I meant to ask what do you think of the driveline, is it strong, easy to lubricate, did the parts fit well? I’ve been thinking of building one

Great stuff! How did you find their gearboxes and driveline strength?

That is a very good point, the world would be a far darker place if the concept of withholding labour hadn’t come about. Another question - what would make the robots want to strike?

Or being forced to watch ads every hour unless they upgrade to vision+ monthly subscription

This is top notch activism! I almost ate that onion

What if that implant was capable of curing you of a disease, like blindness or paralysis?

This is really interesting. There are already established methods in radiation oncology for the purpose of mapping lung movement to direct treatment, it’s amazing to see it in use to direct a mechanical device

We can finally ask them if submarine sonar noises really upset them or not