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TUESDAY JANUARY 25 2005 11:22 PM

The Future is Drunk

Submitted by MisterSatan

Edited by Shal

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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Comments

TheScottness

Burbank, CA

August 2004

JAN 26, 2005 11:04 AM

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

dammit! you figured out my genius plan of free booze!

sadisticmika

I'm lost

July 2004

JAN 26, 2005 11:18 AM

God bless the personality trait of the Drunken Slut... if I were Richie Manic, (alive), I'd write that on my chest in some horrifically punk way.

jibaili

Australia

March 2003

JAN 26, 2005 12:26 PM

i cant wait to see the drunken barfights that this fellas gonna get into..

EcoAnarchy

Sacramento, CA

October 2004

JAN 26, 2005 12:55 PM

i'm guessing the robot lacks the ability for self defense... a harmless robot filled with beer and beer fund money... I'm going bar hopping!

kerulian

Key West, FL

March 2004

JAN 26, 2005 01:52 PM

All I want to know is where do I get one. It would be really awsome to have a robot siting next to you at the bar that could actually drink and respond to certain phrases.
Bartender walks to you and the bar bot and asks. "Do you want something to drink?"
Bar Bot replies. "Yes, I'll have a Mich Light and can I start a tab please?"

Fenchurch

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

JAN 26, 2005 02:02 PM

Jibaili said:
i cant wait to see the drunken barfights that this fellas gonna get into..

Initiate laser eyes!
Um...crap...that's the pretzel retrieval unit...
Fuck...where did my beer go?
Initiating beer searching sequence...

dholokov

Toronto, ON

April 2003

JAN 26, 2005 03:32 PM

This will just fuel the myth that all robots are lazy layabouts who are afraid of work, and that you shouldn't give them money because they will just spend it on liquor.