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  • TUESDAY JANUARY 25 2005 11:22 PM

The Future is Drunk

The Humanoid Robotics Laboratory has created something they call the "Bar Bot".

The Bar Bot is driven by self interest. Its aim is to drink beer. In order to achieve this goal in bars, the social beer consumption localities of human society, it also deals with money. It asks people for coins and spends them as soon as there is enough for a beer. The Bar Bot is not beneficial for humanity. Rather, it maximises the advantage for itself, like humanity. But to pursue its own, highly selfish objectives, it dependends on others: somebody has to give it coins, somebody has to hand it a beer. This is where it engages in communication, in social interaction with human beings. The Bar Bot is driven by self interest, it interacts socially with humans and is predisposed to alcohol. The Bar Bot is probably the most humanoid robot ever built.


There's even a video of the Bar Bot in action.

What I want to know is, how did they build a robot version of me with a British accent? I'm American.

 

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theseeman

theseeman

Asheville, NC
December 2002

JAN 26, 2005 01:29 AM

Oh great now Western North Carolina will lose more jobs to mechnization. We need to retrain the mashies (as in mashie question) to the new hi tech market place.

Mashie - mashie question.
Trainer - No Elron, say, Would you like to make more money? Do you like to spend money? Do you like pyramids? Does the name Quixtar sound vauge but at the same time futureistic?
Mashie - I'm thirsty. You gota light? You gota cigarette?

[Edited on Jan 26, 2005 4:30AM]

diggity

diggity

Carrboro, NC
March 2003

JAN 26, 2005 03:05 AM

i like how that kid at the end of the video goes straight for the swill at the bottom of the beer can, and then tries to rip the bartender off by swiping his euros. that kid has mad moves.

Huck

Huck

United Kingdom
July 2004

JAN 26, 2005 03:54 AM

um...what in Christ's name was the point of buildin the bloody thing?

i swear there are some crazy bastards out there who make it their life's work to fill up this news wire...

[edited to say:] P.S. BENDER IS GREAT

[Edited on Jan 26, 2005 4:03AM]

anger_frog

anger_frog

I'm lost
January 2004

JAN 26, 2005 05:23 AM

Finally! All my ex-roommates are officially obsolete.

somethin1919

somethin1919

I'm lost
May 2004

JAN 26, 2005 06:20 AM

This site is soooooooo slooooooooooowwwwww..... Hopefully soon I will be able to watch the video.

UnnecessaryZ

unnecessaryz

Astoria, NY
July 2003

JAN 26, 2005 07:21 AM

Ten bucks says once that robot is full, it returns to its maters for "testing".

baudot

baudot

Oakland, CA
February 2004

JAN 26, 2005 09:39 AM

I'm amazed that it doesn't process the alcohol in the beer for energy. That would have been efficient engineering. Plus, it would have motivated the addition of a puke function to clean out the burnt resevoir every so many beers, and how would THAT be for realism?

beaky

beaky

Miami, FL
April 2003

JAN 26, 2005 09:46 AM

Yup, its bender

MisterSatan

MisterSatan

Portland, OR
August 2002

JAN 26, 2005 10:02 AM

Huck said:
um...what in Christ's name was the point of buildin the bloody thing?

i swear there are some crazy bastards out there who make it their life's work to fill up this news wire...


Um, if you took the time to read the goddamn story, you would have seen that the point behind building the Bar Bot was to create something artificial that was truly self-interested- that is, it existed to keep on existing. Also, this is like, the first thing the newswire has printed of mine, so bite me.

Satanica

Satanica

Vatican City
November 2004

JAN 26, 2005 10:11 AM

I'm waiting for the drunken slut version.

Ghostdance

Ghostdance

USA
April 2004

JAN 26, 2005 10:17 AM

this rules

leggo

leggo

El Cajon, CA
December 2004

JAN 26, 2005 10:37 AM

man me and that robot used to spange at the 7-11 sometimes but then it decieded it was too fucking cool.

one of these days I'm gonna roll that fucker.

sadisticmika

sadisticmika

I'm lost
July 2004

JAN 26, 2005 10:48 AM

Finally, a Nexus 6 Replicant I can actually relate too... not one that just wants to have sex, hour after hour...

Fenchurch

Fenchurch

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

JAN 26, 2005 10:55 AM

FreakPirate said:

Kiki said:
It's Bender!



It's at least a half dozen people I know!




Youu don't KNOW me...........shshrekljfld.ffff

Fenchurch

Fenchurch

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

JAN 26, 2005 11:01 AM

Satanica said:
I'm waiting for the drunken slut version.



*raises hand*

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