tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post851284659501734699..comments2024-03-28T21:28:18.664-05:00Comments on Althouse: Robo, the robot hobo. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41315878402793485682016-07-25T12:14:09.868-05:002016-07-25T12:14:09.868-05:00In the Year 2525...In the Year 2525...Just_Mike_Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087796585670814175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28926748182400670502016-07-24T14:02:41.253-05:002016-07-24T14:02:41.253-05:00Downtown Baltimore had installations of several li...Downtown Baltimore had installations of several lifesize, realistic bronze statues decades ago. They scared the crap out of my kids several times.<br /><br />No, I have no interpretation of this phenomenon, I simply report it for your consideration.mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65585115255620465982016-07-23T21:00:47.791-05:002016-07-23T21:00:47.791-05:00mean-spirited and lame.
"the easiest kind of...mean-spirited and lame.<br /><br />"the easiest kind of person to imitate is one of those deranged homeless people. they may as well be automatons"jghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05254850370113601762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65919546200876250902016-07-23T18:49:05.782-05:002016-07-23T18:49:05.782-05:00So it's not a robot, but rather an anthropomor...<i>So it's not a robot, but rather an anthropomorphic metal puppet without strings.</i><br /><br />Althouse needs an "art bullshit" tag for pretentious crap like this.<br /><br />Disney's been doing this stuff for decades, yet their animatronics are despised as mere tourist attractions. Why isn't <i>Lucky the Dinosaur</i> honored as pioneering performance art?Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83810415799437414962016-07-23T18:46:07.893-05:002016-07-23T18:46:07.893-05:00Robots do better as psychologists than as homeless...Robots do better as psychologists than as homeless people.<br /><br />Nonsensical conversation continuations are accepted from the former.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42533028481176392612016-07-23T18:15:54.020-05:002016-07-23T18:15:54.020-05:00A refrigerator is more of a robot than this clinki...A refrigerator is more of a robot than this clinking clanking collection of collisionous junk!Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61705965982515417972016-07-23T17:53:29.387-05:002016-07-23T17:53:29.387-05:00Shouldn't be called a robot(nik), since it is ...Shouldn't be called a robot(nik), since it is doing no work.<br />(Wait. There's a checkbox below for me to certify I'm not a robot(nik)? Does that mean I'm also doing no work? Damn. Caught again.)Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20701798208124245032016-07-23T17:47:28.517-05:002016-07-23T17:47:28.517-05:00Does it ask me for "a dollah, any spare chang...Does it ask me for "a dollah, any spare change ya got to charge-up mah batteries"? <br /><br />Or, instead of a case of Mad Dog 20/20, would it prefer a case of Quaker State?YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47729259930327076542016-07-23T17:32:55.893-05:002016-07-23T17:32:55.893-05:00The robot’s not autonomous, though. Its creator, F...<i>The robot’s not autonomous, though. Its creator, Fred Abels, hides nearby, usually among the crowd of people that Dirk draws, and controls the robot like a puppet. That allows the bot to realistically interact with people, looking and nodding in their direction, and then playing an organ when someone gives it money.</i><br /><br />so it's not a robot, but rather an anthropomorphic metal puppet without stringsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com