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The rise of the machines

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They are starting out with small easy targets....

BBC News - Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during Moscow Open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62286017


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 6:10 pm
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Disappointing that there’s no footage.

Have we got time travel yet? Maybe we can send somebody back to stop this before it starts.


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 9:06 pm
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Worrying if the first thing the chess robot said is 'I'll be black'


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 9:28 pm
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Broke the finger because it got confused or because it decided it could also win if the boy couldn't use his fingers? The 2nd one would be proper scary.


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 9:38 pm
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How about a nice game of TikTakToe?


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 9:53 pm
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Makes you wonder why the robot arm is so strong... I mean how heavy is a chess piece?
Surely it would be easier to make it out out thin light material?
Or is it salvaged from a car manufacturer line welding machine?


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 10:01 pm
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Worrying if the first thing the chess robot said is ‘I’ll be black’

Damn you, I read that in Arnie's voice


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 10:09 pm
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Worrying if the first thing the chess robot said is ‘I’ll be black’

Brilliant, had a good old laugh at that one


 
Posted : 24/07/2022 10:50 pm
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The Guardian has the footage
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2022/jul/24/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-video

Makes you wonder why the robot arm is so strong… I mean how heavy is a chess piece?
The robot is like the ones used to build cars!


 
Posted : 25/07/2022 12:36 pm
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life lesson learned: in future let strong arm robots win.

(unrelated, do robots have lawns, shoes, dogs?)


 
Posted : 25/07/2022 1:14 pm
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do robots have lawns, shoes, dogs?

They will once they've murdered us all. I mean, we've got sentient AI, now a robot with a taste for snapping bones. If it was a dog or a shark, it would have been destroyed already.

We're doomed!


 
Posted : 25/07/2022 1:24 pm

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